The ethics and law of omissions / edited by Dana Kay Nelkin, Samuel C. Rickless.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelkin, Dana Kay, 1966- editor.

Rickless, Samuel Charles, 1964- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Omission, Criminal.

Physical Description:

xviii, 241 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190683450

0190683457

OCLC:

1012944834