Achilles Fuming, Odysseus Stewing, and Hamlet Brooding: On the Story of the Murder/Manslaughter Distinction

I. Introduction II. Three Literary Exemplars III. On the Objective Rules of Manslaughter ... A. Mere Words vs. Informational Words ... B. Adultery ... C. Cooling Off ... D. The “Ordinary Man” Who Reinforces the Rules IV. Academic Psychology Tells a Story ... A. On the Front End: The Stress-Illness Relationship … B. On the Back End: The Primacy of Affect or Cognition? ... C. The Story ... 1. The Story of the Story ... 2. Story Ingredients ... 3. Story Construction V. An Experimental Look at Two Bench Mark Cases ... A. Research Design ... B. Results and Discussion VI. A Second Experiment-Refining, Extending, and Replicating ... A. Research Design ... B. Results and Discussion ... C. Simple Heuristics vs. Complex Calculus VII. The MPC: Subjectivity Adrift VIII. Conclusion of the Story