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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463653803321

Titolo

Critical essays on "Causation and responsibility" / / edited by Benedikt Kahmen and Markus Stepanians

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

3-11-030229-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Classificazione

CC 7600

Altri autori (Persone)

KahmenBenedikt <1985->

StepaniansMarkus S

Disciplina

345/.04

Soggetti

Causation (Criminal law)

Causation (Criminal law) - Moral and ethical aspects

Causation

Liability (Law)

Metaphysics

Proximate cause (Law)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Benedikt Kahmen and Markus Stepanians -- The NESS account of natural causation : a response to criticisms / Richard W. Wright -- The concept of causation in the law / Ingeborg Puppe -- Causal overdetermination / Friedrich Toepel -- Omissions as causes : genuine, quasi, or not at all? / Dieter Birnbacher and David Hommen -- Making causal counterfactuals more singular, and more appropriate for use in law / Geert Keil -- Moore on the true metaphysics of causation / Markus Stepanians -- Events over facts : why metaphysics matters for law / Philipp Huebl -- With great power comes great responsibility / Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum -- Explanation and responsibility / Alexander Broadbent -- Intentions, intentional actions and practical knowledge / Benedikt Kahmen -- The problem of consequential waywardness: between internalism and externalism about intentional agency / Erasmus Mayr -- How to understand the problem of moral luck / Thomas Schmidt -- Causation to culpability : why imputation



matters / Alexander Aichele -- Further thoughts about causation (and related topics) prompted by fifteen critics / Michael S. Moore.

Sommario/riassunto

Due to its scope and depth, Moore's Causation and Responsibility is probably the most important publication in the philosophy of law since the publication of Hart's and Honoré's Causation in the Law in 1959. This volume offers, for the first time, a detailed exchange between legal and philosophical scholars over Moore's most recent work. In particular, it pioneers the dialogue between English-speaking and German philosophy of law on a broad range of pressing foundational questions concerning causation in the law. It thereby fulfills the need for a comprehensive, international and critical discussion of Moore's influential arguments. The 15 contributors to the proposed volume span the whole interdisciplinary field from law and morals to metaphysics, and the authors include distinguished criminal and tort lawyers, as well as prominent theoretical and practical philosophers from four nations. In addition, young researchers take brand-new approaches in the field. The collection is essential reading for anyone interested in legal and moral theory.