This is interesting! I’ve been thinking about emotional harms caused by social systems recently.
Robinhood is being sued for allegedly causing the suicide of Alex Kearns through negligence. How do courts address psychological harms like this?
In tort law (the relevant domain), there are two possible causes of action:
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (easier claim)
Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
These are fairly rarely successful, which is one way tort law may diverge from moral analysis of emotional harms: blameworthy infliction of emotional distress is probably much more common than tortious infliction of emotional distress.
This is interesting! I’ve been thinking about emotional harms caused by social systems recently.
Robinhood is being sued for allegedly causing the suicide of Alex Kearns through negligence. How do courts address psychological harms like this?
In tort law (the relevant domain), there are two possible causes of action:
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (easier claim)
Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
These are fairly rarely successful, which is one way tort law may diverge from moral analysis of emotional harms: blameworthy infliction of emotional distress is probably much more common than tortious infliction of emotional distress.