Consider a situation in which a father hands a 22-callber rifle to his six-year old daughter,
asking her to take it to another room. As she does so, the six-year-old playfully points the gun
at her eight-year-old sister and accidentally pulls the trigger. The eight-year-old, bleeding from
a wound in her neck, dies on the way to the hospital. Would it be ethical to charge the father
with a crime? If so, would it be manslaughter or murder, and what would be the category of
meris ree? Explain your ansvers.​

Respuesta :

Answer:charge the father with negligence and manslaughter.

Explanation:

The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger. apparently the slaying of a human being even through negligence is regarded as manslaughter.