The ethics and law of omissions / edited by Dana Kay Nelkin, Samuel C. Rickless.
2017
K5058 .E84 2017 (Mapit)
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The ethics and law of omissions / edited by Dana Kay Nelkin, Samuel C. Rickless.
Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Description
xviii, 241 pages ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Unintentional omissions / George Sher
Omission and attribution error / Matthew Talbert
Unconscious omissions, reasonable expectations, and responsibility / Angela M. Smith
Blameworthiness and unwitting omissions / Randolph Clarke
Omissions, agency, and control / Michael J. Zimmerman
Moral responsibility for unwitting omissions : a new tracing view / Dana Kay Nelkin, Samuel C. Rickless
The puzzle(s) of Frankfurt-style omission cases / Carolina Sartorio
Responsibility and omissions / John Martin Fischer
Courses of conduct / Douglas Husak
Duties to act triggered by creation of the peril : easy cases, puzzling cases, and complex culpability / Larry Alexander
The duty requirement / Gideon Yaffe
Omissions, acts, and the duty to rescue / Kimberly Kessler Ferzan.
Omission and attribution error / Matthew Talbert
Unconscious omissions, reasonable expectations, and responsibility / Angela M. Smith
Blameworthiness and unwitting omissions / Randolph Clarke
Omissions, agency, and control / Michael J. Zimmerman
Moral responsibility for unwitting omissions : a new tracing view / Dana Kay Nelkin, Samuel C. Rickless
The puzzle(s) of Frankfurt-style omission cases / Carolina Sartorio
Responsibility and omissions / John Martin Fischer
Courses of conduct / Douglas Husak
Duties to act triggered by creation of the peril : easy cases, puzzling cases, and complex culpability / Larry Alexander
The duty requirement / Gideon Yaffe
Omissions, acts, and the duty to rescue / Kimberly Kessler Ferzan.
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
K5058 .E84 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9780190683450 (hardback)
0190683457 (hardback)
0190683457 (hardback)
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