Abstract
garrulous, overwritten and frequently facetious to no obvious purpose, but it does have interesting things to say on a whole collection of matters: the psychological formation of Burke and Hare in Ireland and in Scotland; the plight of Gaelic-speaking labourers in an alien environment; the formation of the stereotype of the Irishman (cunning and stupid at the same time); Dr. Knox as a prophet of racism; Sir Walter Scott's views on medical ethics; and the interaction of popular prejudice. Whig ideals of the rule of law and the law officers' ideas of the public interest, to produce the condemnation of Burke and the escape of Hare. What comes across most vividly from the rambling account of the murders themselves is the way the killers and their victims were held in a dreadful symbiosis by the alien culture around them. It seems that in this case society labelled the victims too, as shiftless incorrigibles appropriate for murder. From another angle, the need is indicated to transfer the balance of attention from ruling classes intent
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