You’re only moral obligation is to be as certain as you can be of the guilt of the accused.
How is he supposed to achieve that? More importantly, how is he supposed to convince other people of that? Should we simply believe him? What a convenient way to tarnish someone’s reputation that would become. Now that you have a name, what’s a your estimation that it’s actually correct? What was the positive value of publishing that suspicion?
I thought it was obvious, but: when there is no further action he can take on his own that would help clarify the guilt of the accused.
So it’s just the effort he makes to be certain, not how certain he is, that is important to you? Interesting. Should we all start throwing out names just in case if we just make reasonable effort? I have plenty of improbable accusations to make.
He doesn’t, and I wouldn’t require that (a proof) of him.
You must be friends then. That doesn’t help me to judge the veracity of his claims.
How is he supposed to achieve that? More importantly, how is he supposed to convince other people of that? Should we simply believe him? What a convenient way to tarnish someone’s reputation that would become. Now that you have a name, what’s a your estimation that it’s actually correct? What was the positive value of publishing that suspicion?
I thought it was obvious, but: when there is no further action he can take on his own that would help clarify the guilt of the accused.
He doesn’t, and I wouldn’t require that (a proof) of him.
So it’s just the effort he makes to be certain, not how certain he is, that is important to you? Interesting. Should we all start throwing out names just in case if we just make reasonable effort? I have plenty of improbable accusations to make.
You must be friends then. That doesn’t help me to judge the veracity of his claims.