Six talks by H. L. A. HaRT
Professor of Jurisprudence in the University of Oxford 4: Knowledge, Recklessness and Purpose
Sometimes the law punishes a man more severely if he does something with the intent or purpose of doing a second thing even if he does not in fact do the second thing; and usually the law punishes an attempt less severely than the completed offence. Do these distinctions rest on any coherent theory of punishment