&gt; If I murder someone during an armed robbery, is it a reasonable justification to say &quot;things happen in fights&quot;?<p>No, but but it&#x27;s hard to be sure of the details if the events in question are many years before.<p>&gt; should my children feel guilty?<p>It depends, &#x27;guilt&#x27; is too vague. But if you mean guilty for committing the crime, then no.<p>There&#x27;s usually a complicated relationship between crimes of the past, and future wealth. Simplistic arguments don&#x27;t capture many relevant details, but here&#x27;s one: If I inherit a dollar, but a lottery ticket, win a million dollars then later find out the money was blood money - do I owe someone money? If so, do I owe $1 or $1M? What if I hadn&#x27;t won anything on the ticket?<p>I also thing the magnitude and type of resource matters. For example, a stolen $1 is unlikely relevant to future descendants, while millions might make a big difference.<p>&gt; If they do feel guilty, are they feeling guilty for my sin, or for their own?<p>If a tree falls in the woods...<p>&gt;&gt; the blood isn&#x27;t washed off when the kids get it
&gt; I wasn&#x27;t using a metaphor<p>If you are talking about land&#x2F;resources, you are saying they are <i>literally</i> stained with blood?