[Avodah] the godfather is innocent, should you want to punish him?

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 10:12:14PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
> Good point; you're right.  Now my question becomes why he's responsible;
> a hired killer is not like an animal, after all.  Unless you say that once
> a person has disclosed to you that he's depraved (e.g. by advertising his
> services as a hit man) you have to treat him like an animal who has no
> bechira?  I don't know; it doesn't sound quite right.

Back a step... What's the border between ein shaliach lidvar aveirah,
mesayei'ah, lifnei iveir (not that I think that applies, I'm just trying
to map out the whole field), the chotei umachti and the meisis.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha