Inaction can be causative. For example, to simplify the scenario into the trolley problem, with one person on the current track, and no people on the other track, if you choose not to pull the lever, you have caused that person’s death.
I’m specifically saying that’s not true. You failed to prevent the death.
Even ignoring the other five people in the trolley problem. With the lever being a working break.
You’d be correctly blamed for it. But you still didn’t cause it.
Inaction can be causative. For example, to simplify the scenario into the trolley problem, with one person on the current track, and no people on the other track, if you choose not to pull the lever, you have caused that person’s death.
I’m specifically saying that’s not true. You failed to prevent the death.
Even ignoring the other five people in the trolley problem. With the lever being a working break.
You’d be correctly blamed for it. But you still didn’t cause it.