Causation and responsibility : an essay in law, morals, and metaphysics /
The concept of causation is crucial to ascribing moral and legal responsibility for events. Yet the precise relationship between causation and responsibility remains unclear. This book clarifies that relationship by looking at accounts of causation in metaphysics, and a critique of the confusion in...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The concept of causation is crucial to ascribing moral and legal responsibility for events. Yet the precise relationship between causation and responsibility remains unclear. This book clarifies that relationship by looking at accounts of causation in metaphysics, and a critique of the confusion in legal doctrine. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 605 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-590) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780191555169 0191555169 019171965X 9780191719653 0191021504 9780191021503 |