UID:
almafu_9960119887102883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 334 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-52410-2
Content:
The essays in this volume address questions about responsibility that arise in moral philosophy and legal theory. Some analyse different theories of causality, asking which theory offers the best account of human agency and the most satisfactory resolution of troubling controversies about free will and determinism. Some essays look at responsibility in the legal realm, seeking to determine how the law should assign liability for negligence, or whether the courts should allow defendants to offer excuses for their wrongdoing or to claim some form of 'diminished responsibility'. Other essays explore libertarian views about political freedom and accountability, asking whether libertarian positions on consent, contract law, and responsibility are consistent, or whether restitution is superior to retribution or deterrence as a basis for a theory of corrective justice. Still others examine the notion of partial or divided responsibility, or the relationship between responsibility and the emotions.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Causation and responsibility / Michael S. Moore -- Negligence / Kenneth W. Simons -- Responsibility and consent : the libertarian's problems with Freedom of Contract / Leo Katz -- The irrelevance of responsibility / Roderick T. Long -- On responsibility in science and law / John Staddon -- Responsibility and the abuse excuse / Michael Stocker -- Why citizens should vote : a causal responsibility approach / Alvin I. Goldman -- Institutionally divided moral responsibility / Henry S. Richardson -- Fate, fatalism, and agency in stoicism / Susan Sauvé Meyer -- Ultimate responsibility and dumb luck / Alfred R. Mele -- Taking responsibility for our emotions / Nancy Sherman
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-65450-5
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511524103
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