Are equivalent actions different if they have different agents and agencies?
For example… Alfred gets fired from his job one day. In response, he goes out to the bar, drinks 8 scotches, and then goes home and beats his wife.
Barney, a different man, loses some money on a sports bet. In response, he goes out to the bar, drinks 8 bourbons, and then goes home and beats his wife. Coincidentally, he does this with the same number/force of blows/motions, etc. as Alfred.
Is this the same (unfortunate) action occuring twice or two separate actions occuring once each?
Depends on what your definition of "action" is in this particular case.
If your definition of action is "beating his wife" then, you are right. The same action occurred twice.
However, if your definition of action is "Alfred getting fired from his job and beating his wife out of anger." then it would be a case without equivalent.
Generally the same action occurring twice. As long at the actions are described the same way. Beating your wife is an action. Both Alfred and Barney beat their wife. Two people committed an action. However, if you describe them separately, then they are two actions. Alfred beat his wife in the same method used when Barney beat his wife.
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Two separate actions because because Barney has a mole on his right cheek.
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Agency is not really relevant in this case, neither abuser was particularly vulnerable. Their choices weren’t based on any persuasive influence that led them to the poor decision and the action itself inflect harm onto others and not harm onto themselves. Both abusers were full agents. Agency is more appropriately referring to someones vulnerable disposition.
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Depends on what your definition of "action" is in this particular case.
If your definition of action is "beating his wife" then, you are right. The same action occurred twice.
However, if your definition of action is "Alfred getting fired from his job and beating his wife out of anger." then it would be a case without equivalent.
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Both Alfred & Barney are from same agencies and their ‘actions’ are not action virtually; those are ‘reactions’. So, guys from a particular agencies would react the same way and guys from different agencies would react in a different ways——once I lost a good job & I returned home and embraced my wife & cried both.
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