Responsibility / J.R. Lucas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lucas, J. R. (John Randolph), 1929- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Responsibility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 1995.

Summary:

Responsibility is a key concept in our moral, social and political thinking, but it is not itself properly understood. The author of this work presents a broad and accessible discussion of responsibility in various areas of human life from personal and sexual relations to politics.

Contents:

1. Why Did You Do It?

2. Free Will

3. Consequences and Negative Responsibility

4. Reasons

5. Shared and Collective Responsibility

6. Punishment

7. Doing and Deserving

8. Money

9. The Responsibilities of Office

10. Responsible Government

11. Responsibility in Personal Relations

12. Beyond Responsibility

Appendix 1. Aristotle

Appendix 2: The Which? Guide to Theories of Punishment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-167911-9

0-19-823578-X