Here's a hypothetical for you.
Fred is the significant other of Alice, and is known to be jealous. Alice is eating lunch with Charlie, a coworker. I have Fred meet me across the street from where they are eating lunch. I tell Fred that Alice is cheating on him with Charlie. Fred in a fit of rage, kills both Alice and Charlie.
Am I responsible for Alice and Charlie's death?
Does that responsibility change in any way if I knew Alice and Charlie were not having an affair?
Does that responsibility change if I said "There's been talk that Charlie and Alice are having an affair, which is true, regardless of whether they are actually having an affair?
In other words, if crime happens as a direct result of my statement, is my culpability reliant on whether the words I spoke true or false?
Fred is the significant other of Alice, and is known to be jealous. Alice is eating lunch with Charlie, a coworker. I have Fred meet me across the street from where they are eating lunch. I tell Fred that Alice is cheating on him with Charlie. Fred in a fit of rage, kills both Alice and Charlie.
Am I responsible for Alice and Charlie's death?
Does that responsibility change in any way if I knew Alice and Charlie were not having an affair?
Does that responsibility change if I said "There's been talk that Charlie and Alice are having an affair, which is true, regardless of whether they are actually having an affair?
In other words, if crime happens as a direct result of my statement, is my culpability reliant on whether the words I spoke true or false?
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