Causation and responsibility : an essay in law, morals, and metaphysics /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moore, Michael S., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Proximate cause (Law)
Causation (Criminal law)
Causation (Criminal law) > Moral and ethical aspects.
Liability (Law)
Metaphysics.
Metaphysics
Cause directe et immédiate d'un dommage (Droit)
Causalité (Droit pénal)
Causalité (Droit pénal) > Aspect moral.
Responsabilité (Droit)
Métaphysique.
metaphysics.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Ethik
Verantwortlichkeit
Unmittelbarkeit
Kausalität
Strafrecht
Verantwortung
Recht
Verursachung
Causaliteit.
Verantwoordelijkheid.
Strafrecht.
Onrechtmatige daad.
Metafysica.
Verantwortung.
Kausalität > (Recht)
Ethik.
Kausalität.
Recht.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The role of causation in moral and legal responsibility
  • Presuppositions about the nature of causation by legal doctrines
  • The first blind alley : the attempt to replace proximate causation with culpability as a prerequisite for legal liability
  • The legal presupposition of there being 'intervening causes'
  • The metaphysics of causal relata
  • The metaphysics of the causal relation.

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