According to the British law, a pre-meditated act that causes death is first degree murder. There are degrees of second degree murder and manslaughter, but there is no degree of first degree murder. Being lost or hungry is not a reason to commit murder. I take the side of the law judging there men who decide to kill one of their ship-mates even if it is to save their own life.
In this twenty-first century, first degree murder is still murder and one cannot rationalize the law to suit his or her purpose. If that were so, if I have a bad ...
