Interesting but not entirely correct answer Ex post doesn't work if accidents kill,because You can't punish a dead man You could still punish a driver for an accident that kills someone else More interesting,there are ways of punishing a dead man i.e.things happening after he dies that,before,he doesn't want to happen Refusing to bury a suicide in consecrated ground is a traditional solution Confiscating his property so that his wife and children starve Killing or punishing people he cares about more generally Punishment for treason in Imperial China Relatives are executed or enslaved After all,we know you can reward a dead man Otherwise nobody would buy life insurance It only pays when he is dead And buying it means he values now that happening then Interesting but not entirely correct answer • Ex post doesn’t work if accidents kill, because • You can’t punish a dead man • You could still punish a driver for an accident that kills someone else • More interesting, there are ways of punishing a dead man • i.e. things happening after he dies that, before, he doesn’t want to happen • Refusing to bury a suicide in consecrated ground is a traditional solution • Confiscating his property so that his wife and children starve • Killing or punishing people he cares about more generally • Punishment for treason in Imperial China • Relatives are executed or enslaved • After all, we know you can reward a dead man • Otherwise nobody would buy life insurance • It only pays when he is dead • And buying it means he values now that happening then