Responsibility: Volume 16, Part 2 (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Social Philosophy and Policy
Release date:	June 1999
First published:	1999
Editors:	Ellen Frankel Paul • Fred D. Miller Jr • Jeffrey Paul
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	356
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-65450-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Promotions
LSN:	0-521-65450-5
Barcode:	9780521654500

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