Re: Preventatives

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From: "John Cowan" <cowan@...>

> > Causatives with animate arguments also often carry a notion of intent,
> > as in the distinction between kill and murder -- and that between
> > "kill" and "cause to die". This seems a natural implication to me, and
> > may be hard to avoid in any language spoken by humans.
>
> I don't see it.  If I am driving and run over you by accident, I killed
> you *and* I caused your death, but I certainly didn't murder you.
> Murder requires intent, but killing does not.
Agreed.  A very important legal distinction, by the way, in determining
"cause of death."

Sally