Agency, Negligence and Responsibility (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Rodriguez-Blanco, Veronica

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays represents a ground-breaking collaboration between moral philosophers, action theorists, lawyers and legal theorists to set a fresh research agenda on agency and responsibility in negligence. The complex phenomenon of responsibility in negligence is analysed from multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives, shedding light on key ethical and legal issues related to agency and negligence to impact substantive law and policy-making in different jurisdictions. The volume introduces new debates and questions old assumptions, inviting the reader to rethink substantive law and practical ethical reflection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108572972
• Artikelnr.: 66178538

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco and George Pavlakos; Part I. Will
and Blameworthiness: 1. The Problem of Pure Negligence Gideon Rosen; 2.
Unwitting Omissions, Mistakes, and Responsibility Erasmus Mayr; 3. 'How
Could You?': The Moral Import of Obliviousness Gideon Yaffe; 4. Varieties
of Negligence and Complications for Moral Blameworthiness William
FitzPatrick; Part II. Agency, Reasons and Inadvertence: 5. The Possibility
of Pure Negligence Gary Watson; 6. Agent-Relativity without Control:
Grounding Negligence on Normative Relations George Pavlakos; 7. The
Boundaries of Negligence Matt King; 8. The Backward-Looking Puzzle of
Responsibility in Negligence: Some Preliminary Thoughts for Understanding
Inadvertent Actions Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco; 9. Responsibility and Agency
Emmanuel Voyiakis; Part III. The Significance of Action in Negligence: 10.
What is It to Do Nothing? Constantine Sandis; 11. Rape, Recklessness, and
Sexist Ideology Elinor Mason; 12. From Law to Moral Philosophy in
Theorizing About Negligence Benjamin C. Zipursky.