Release Message:  Can one intend to drink the non-deadly toxin, if the intention is the only thing needed to get the reward? Authored by Gregory S. Kavka.

Description:  Can one intend to drink the non-deadly toxin, if the intention is the only thing needed to get the reward? Kavka's Toxin Puzzle Kavka's toxin puzzle is a thought experiment about the possibility of forming an intention to perform an act which, following from reason, is an action one would not actually perform. It was presented by moral and political philosopher Gregory S. Kavka in "The Toxin Puzzle" (1983), and grew out of his work in deterrence theory and mutual assured destruction.