Afternoon‚ Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury. When the judge read the indictment to you in the beginning of the case‚ you all had some pretty strong feelings. That’s understandable murder is a serious crime. It’s very unfortunate that a life had to be lost‚ but I’m here to tell you Dudley and Stephens should not be prosecuted or charged for the murder of Richard Parker. Dudley and Stephens are the victims of a failed government. Their acts were an act of survival‚ when all other alternative were tried
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July 5‚ 1883‚ Dudley‚ Stephens‚ and Brooks-“all able-bodied English seamen-and an English teenage boy were cast adrift in a lifeboat following a storm at sea. They had no water with them in the boat‚ and all they had for sustenance were two one-pound tins of turnips. On July 24‚ Dudley proposed that one of the four in the lifeboat be sacrificed to save the other. Stephens agrees with Dudley‚ but Brooks refused to consent-and the boy was never asked for his opinion. On July 25‚ Dudley killed the boy
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Killing Parker would thus be a means to an end‚ exploiting him‚ and not treating him with respect‚ would be treating him not as an end in himself. Not treating him with respect would thus be disregarding his right to live‚ which was what Captain Dudley did. Both maxims will thus prove Kant’s first formulation that we all have a perfect duty not to murder i.e. the act of murder will be morally wrong. Moreover‚ based on Kant’s quote‚ “Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same
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Morality In "Queen Vs. Dudley And Stephens" 1. In the case of Queen vs. Dudley and Stephens‚ was the killing of the cabin boy‚ Richard Parker‚ morally wrong? Relate your answer to one or more of the following ethical theories: Aristotelian ethics‚ Hobbesian ethics‚ Utilitarianism‚ or Kantian ethics. Be sure to give a summary of the main points of the theory‚ as well as drawing out its implications for the case. In the case of Dudley and Stephens‚ the murder of Richard Parker cannot be justified
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R. v. Dudley and Stephens I am arguing the Defence and I’m seeking the verdict of not guilty. The Defence of Necessity clearly states three points. The first one being that there must be an urgent situation of clear and imminent peril. The second one being that the accused must have had no reasonable legal alternative to breaking the law. The last one states that the harm inflicted by the accused must be proportional to the harm avoided by the accused. Tom Dudley‚ Richard Parker‚ Edmund
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Regina v. Dudley and Stephens There have been many criminal cases in the history‚ which brought controversy‚ whether murder could be justified under different circumstances. One of the famous cases tells a story of four shipwrecked men‚ which were lost in the high seas. The story was named "The Lifeboat Case"‚ regarding the tragic and life-changing decision that was made in extreme circumstance. Four seamen‚ Thomas Dudley‚ Edward Stephens‚ Brooks and seventeen year old Richard Parker were in high
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Analysing Moral and Ethical Issues of the Queen v. Dudley and Stephens. Moral and ethical issues In the case of the Queen v. Dudley and Stephens‚ there were several moral and ethical issues. I will explain them in this section using facts from Prof Michael Sandel’s video‚ the cited case‚ and a book titled “Cannibalism and common law: a Victorian yachting tragedy” by Alfred Bryan William Simpson. First‚ on the 23th of July‚ Dudley first suggested that ‘someone’ should be sacrificed to save
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Regina Case Regina Company Inc. was known as a complacent slow-growth company and was dominated by Hoover and Eureka within the floorcare industry. Donald Sheelen was a promising young individual when he was hired first as the head of the marketing division in Regina‚ and then became its president. Shortly after becoming company president‚ Sheelen set out to make Regina the industry’s number one company and repeatedly vowed to “bomb” Hoover‚ the number one firm in the industry at the time. Sheelen
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Shipwrecked Sailor Case Opening Statement May it please the court‚ your Honor‚ Counsel‚ my name is Corinne Newbern‚ counsel for-the prosecution in this action. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury‚ it is my intent to prove to you that during that fateful night in the Atlantic Ocean‚ Mr. Dudley and Mr. Stephens selfishly and cowardly stole the life of Mr. Brooks and proceeded to eat him because they valued their own lives over that of a fellow crewmate. Mr. Brooks‚ Mr. Stephens‚ and Mr. Dudley were all
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Case Title: Regina v. G and another (Appellants) (On Appeal form the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)) Citation: [2003] UKHL 50 Procedural History (PH): The appellants were charged on 22nd August 2000; without lawful excuse damaged by fire; commercial premises and being reckless as to whether such property would be damaged. The appellants stood trial before Judge Maher in March 2001. The appellants’ case at trial was that they expected the fire to extinguish itself on the concrete
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