In most jurisdictions actions which have the natural consequence of bringing about or hastening a person's death, and which are nevertheless knowingly undertaken by another, are likely to be labelled homicide. The basis of this is the principle of the 'sanctity of life' that is that all life is of equal and absolute value. However courts have developed principles which create 'dichotomies'. The...

People often make repeated decisions from experience. In such scenarios, persistent biases of choice can develop, most notably the “hot stove effect” (Denrell & March, 2001) in which a prospect that is mistakenly believed to be negative is avoided and thus belief-correcting information is never obtained. In the existing literature, the hot stove effect is generally thought of as developing thro...