From: jamesd@netcom.com (James A. Donald)
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 07:41:49 PDT
To: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Subject: Re: HIT MEN
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James Donald writes:

> > Illegal betting is merely illegal.  Murder is also immoral.  
> > 
> > This really does make a difference to reputations.

Timothy C. May writes
> I'm not persuaded. Reputation is not having a nice feeling, it is
> expecting that an agent will act as he is expected to act (not an
> exact definition).

True.  And I, and most people, would expect someone who does
murder for hire to lie and cheat.

I have found that people usually act with unwavering consistency
in this type of thing and are highly predictable - not that I
have known murderers, but I have known thieves.


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