The ethics and law of omissions /

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"...

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Other Authors: Nelkin, Dana Kay, 1966-, Rickless, Samuel Charles, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017
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245 0 4 |a The ethics and law of omissions /  |c edited by Dana Kay Nelkin, Samuel C. Rickless 
260 |a New York, NY :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2017 
300 |a xviii, 241 pages ;  |c 25 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Unintentional omissions / George Sher -- Omission and attribution error / Matthew Talbert -- Unconscious omissions, reasonable expectations, and responsibility / Angela M. Smith -- Blameworthiness and unwitting omissions / Randolph Clarke -- Omissions, agency, and control / Michael J. Zimmerman -- Moral responsibility for unwitting omissions : a new tracing view / Dana Kay Nelkin, Samuel C. Rickless -- The puzzle(s) of Frankfurt-style omission cases / Carolina Sartorio -- Responsibility and omissions / John Martin Fischer -- Courses of conduct / Douglas Husak -- Duties to act triggered by creation of the peril : easy cases, puzzling cases, and complex culpability / Larry Alexander -- The duty requirement / Gideon Yaffe -- Omissions, acts, and the duty to rescue / Kimberly Kessler Ferzan 
520 |a 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 
650 0 |a Omission, Criminal 
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700 1 |a Rickless, Samuel Charles,  |d 1964- 
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