ACTIVITY 1
A. VIDEOS
a. Lifeboat ethics: Would you sacrifice one life to save many?
In 1884, there were four sailors stranded in South Atlantic Sea. They have
turnips that ate for the first three days and turtles for the following days until the
10th day. After that, they ate nothing for eight days that Parker drunk seawater
and became ill. For the other crew members might live, the captain decided to
kill Parker on the 20th day. They fed by the body and blood of Parker for four days
then helped came. Upon their arrival in England, they were arrested for murder,
but they defended that they just do it out of necessity.
Even if they do it for necessity, they are still liable for murder. Article 1161
indicates, “Civil obligations arising from criminal offenses shall be governed by
penal laws, subject to the provisions of Article 2177, and of the pertinent provisions
of Chapter 2, Preliminary Title, on Human Relations, and of Title XVIII of the Book,
regulating damages.” This means that the obligation arises from the crime that
they do, they are still liable and must be punished. Also, according to our law,
“every person who is criminally liable for the felony is also civil liable is also civilly
liable.”
b. Can obligations arise without an act of consent?
It is about David Hume who owns the house and rented it to his friend that
