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But I do not think that those who hold this opinion would deny that we are blameworthy for any prohibited result which we foresaw in willing, whether it was the object of desire or not.
John Kennedy's death was far less noble than the tragedies suffered by the best men in his family--and far less blameworthy than the tragedies wrought by the worst.
Such a denial would shock the moral sense of any civilized community; or, to put it another way, a law which punished conduct which would not be blameworthy in the average member of the community would be too severe for that community to bear.
Liability is said to arise out of such conduct as would be blameworthy in him.
It has been argued somewhat as [58] follows:-The only blameworthy act is firing at the chickens, knowing them to belong to another.
The reference to the prudent man, as a standard, is the only form in which blameworthiness as such is an element of crime, and what would be blameworthy in such a man is an element;-first, as a survival ... dards; second, because to punish what would not be blameworthy in an average member of the community would be to enforce a standard which was indefensible theoretically, and which practically was too high for that community.
The law considers, in other words, what would be blameworthy in the average man, the man of ordinary intelligence and prudence, and determines liability by that.
What the law really forbids, and the only thing it forbids, is the act on the wrong side of the line, be that act blameworthy or otherwise.
It has been assumed that conduct which [148] the man of ordinary intelligence would perceive to be dangerous under the circumstances, would be blameworthy if pursued by him.
Yet the act is neither blameworthy nor punishable.
/2/ If the latter view is law, then an act must in general not only be dangerous, but one which would be blameworthy on the part of the average man, in order to make the actor liable.
Speranski went on to say that honor, l'honneur, cannot be upheld by privileges harmful to the service; that honor, l'honneur, is either a negative concept of not doing what is blameworthy or it is a source of emulation in pursuit of commendation and rewards, which recognize it.
His arguments were concise, simple, and clear.
Next day the field marshal gave a dinner and ball which the Emperor honored by his presence.
Kutuzov had received the Order of St.
George of the First Class and the Emperor showed him the highest honors, but everyone knew of the imperial dissatisfaction with him.
The proprieties were observed and the Emperor was the first to set that example, but everybody understood that the old man was blameworthy and good-for-nothing.
When Kutuzov, conforming to a custom of catherine's day, ordered the standards that had been captured to be lowered at the Emperor's feet on his entering the ballroom, the Emperor made a wry face and muttered something in which some people caught the words, "the old comedian.
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