Omissions : agency, metaphysics, and responsibility / Randolph Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Randolph K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Act (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Agency, metaphysics, and responsibility

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Philosophical theories of agency have focused primarily on actions and activities. But, besides acting, we often omit to do or refrain from doing certain things. This book offers a comprehensive account of omitting and refraining, addressing issues ranging from the nature of agency and moral responsibility to the metaphysics of absences and causation. Topics addressed include the role of intention in intentional omission, the connection between negligence and omission, the distinction between doing and allowing, and the distinction in law between act and omission.

Contents:

What is an omission?

Absence of action

Intentional omissions

Omissions, abilities, and freedom

Moral responsibility for omissions

Inability and responsibility for inaction

Negligent action and unwitting omission

Doing, allowing, and omitting to act

Law and omissions: a brief defense.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 23, 2014).

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-934754-9

0-19-934752-2