In the story, The Birth-Mark, a man, Aylmer, is a natural philosopher (modern day ‘scientist’), specifically an alchemist who strives for perfection by manipulating nature. At the beginning, he marries a beautiful woman, Georgiana, who bears an imprint of a small red hand on her cheek. She wants to rid of the mark, so Aylmer makes a concoction to make it disappear; only, once Georgiana drinks it, she passes away. Aylmer should not be held accountable for her death because he possessed no malicious intent when he passed the drink and she begged him to get rid of the birthmark, even at the cost of her own life.

Aylmer possessed no malicious intent when he gave Georgiana the goblet of the concoction; and therefore, should not be faulted with