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In addition to those two questions, Williams (‘Criminal Omissions – The Conventional View’ (1991) 107 LQR 86) counters Ashworth’s arguments by defending ‘individualism’ and making a key moral distinction between ‘killing and letting die’. Williams conforms to the conventional view that there is no social responsibility placed on a stranger to act and save another, and criminal law resources ought to be focused on those individuals who actively seek to harm, through positive actions, another. With a lack of ‘fair warning’ to citizens as to how far their duty extends, Williams contends that the conventional view ought to be maintained.