Ethicist: The penalties for drunk driving are far more severe when the drunk driver accidentally injures people than when no one is injured  Moral responsibility for an action depends solely on the intentions underlying the action and not on the action' s results
Ttherefore, legal responsibility, depending as it does in at least some cases on factors other than the agent' s intentions, is different than moral responsibility
It is offered as an illustration of the claim that people may be held morally responsible for an action for which they are not legally responsible.