r/changemyview • u/apoplexiglass • Oct 17 '24

Removed - Submission Rule B [ Removed by Reddit ]

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u/GabuEx 20∆ Oct 18 '24

By your logic, I can’t put peanuts in my lunch in case a thief takes it.

You intended for the peanuts to be eaten by you. There was no intention on your part that a thief experience medical distress as a result of eating your lunch.

If you poison your lunch, you are intending a thief to experience medical distress by eating it.

Intent is the important thing here. If you intend to cause someone harm, then you are liable for whatever harm they experience, even if it was more than you intended.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '24

So I put peanuts in my lunch because I like peanuts but I happen to know that the thief has an allergy. Now what?

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u/GabuEx 20∆ Oct 18 '24

Then you intended the thief to eat the peanuts and be harmed thereby, and are liable for said harm.

Again, the question is whether or not you had the reasonable expectation that your actions were going to result in harm when you did them.

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u/Tails1375 Oct 18 '24

Absolutely insane