The ethics and law of omissions / edited by Dana Kay Nelkin, Samuel C. Rickless.
2017
K5058 .E84 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
The ethics and law of omissions / edited by Dana Kay Nelkin, Samuel C. Rickless.
Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Copyright
©2017.
Description
xviii, 241 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
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.
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Call Number
K5058 .E84 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9780190683450 hardback
0190683457 hardback
0190683457 hardback
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