Ethics and Law of Omissions

Ethics and Law of Omissions

Rickless, Samuel C. (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego); Nelkin, Dana Kay (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego)

Oxford University Press Inc

12/2017

264

Dura

Inglês

9780190683450

15 a 20 dias

This volume explores the principles that govern moral responsibility and legal liability for omissions. Contributors defend different views about the ground of moral responsibility, the conditions of legal liability for an omission to rescue, and the basis for accepting a <"duty requirement>" for omissions in the criminal law.
Introduction: Dana Kay Nelkin and Samuel C. Rickless Part I: Omissions, Moral Responsibility, and the Self 1. Unintentional Omissions George Sher 2. Omission and Attribution Error Matthew Talbert 3. Unconscious Omissions, Reasonable Expectations, and Responsibility Angela M. Smith Part II: Omissions, Moral Responsibility, and Control 4. Blameworthiness and Unwitting Omissions Randolph Clarke 5. Omissions, Agency, and Control Michael J. Zimmerman 6. Moral Responsibility for Unwitting Omissions: A New Tracing View Dana Kay Nelkin and Samuel C. Rickless Part III: Omissions, Moral Responsibility, and Alternative Possibilities 7. The Puzzle(s) of Frankfurt-Style Omission Cases Carolina Sartorio 8. Responsibility and Omissions John Martin Fischer Part IV: Criminal Liability for Omissions 9. Courses of Conduct Douglas Husak 10. Duties to Act Triggered by Creation of the Peril: Easy Cases, Puzzling Cases, and Complex Culpability Larry Alexander Part V: The Duty Requirement in the Criminal Law of Omissions 11. The Duty Requirement Gideon Yaffe 12. Omissions, Acts, and the Duty to Rescue Kimberly Kessler Ferzan
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