another riddle (6)

You stand at a fork in the road. Next to each of the two forks, there stands a guard. You know the following things: 1. One path leads to Paradise, the other to Death. From where you stand, you cannot distinguish between the two paths. Worse, once you start down a path, you cannot turn back.
2. One of the two guards always tells the truth. The other guard always lies. Unfortunately, it is impossible for you to distinguish between the two guards.
You have permission to ask one guard one question to ascertain which path leads to Paradise.
Remember that you do not know which guard you're asking -- the truth-teller or the liar -- and that this single question determines whether you live or die.
The question is:
What one question asked of one guard guarantees that you are led onto the path to Paradise,
regardless of which guard you happen to ask?

Say to one of the guards


Q. If I ask the other guard which road I should take to get to paradise what would he say.??

ask either guard which path his brother would say is the right path
and take the opposite one!
if you ask the liar he'll tell you the opposite to what his brother would say so he's telling you the wrong one and the truthfull one will tell you the correct one his brother would say and as he's a liar he'd tell you the wrong one in the first place!

I like your logic Ed, I'm not sure I understand it but it sounds good

You ask either one 'if I were to ask the other guard which road to take to paradise what would he tell me?' Than choose the opposite road. If he's telling the truth, he's telling you the other guard will lie and tell you this one. If he's lying, he'll tell u the other guard will tell you this one (because he's lying, he'll tell you the wrong one!).