Intention and Wrongdoing

Intention and Wrongdoing
Author: Joshua Stuchlik
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2021-12-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1316516520

A comprehensive defense of the principle of double effect and the importance of intentions for normative ethics.

Reasons and Intentions in Law and Practical Agency

Reasons and Intentions in Law and Practical Agency
Author: George Pavlakos
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2015-02-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107070724

A collection of new essays on the interplay between intentions and practical reasons in law and practical agency.

The Philosophy of Peter Abelard

The Philosophy of Peter Abelard
Author: John Marenbon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521663991

This book offers a major reassessment of the philosophy of Peter Abelard (1079-1142) which shows that he was a far more constructive and wider-ranging thinker than has usually been supposed. It combines detailed historical discussion, based on published and manuscript sources, with philosophical analysis which aims to make clear Abelard's central arguments about the nature of things, language and the mind, and about morality. Although the book concentrates on these philosophical questions, it places them within their theological and wider intellectual context.

The Ends of Harm

The Ends of Harm
Author: Victor Tadros
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2011-09-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199554420

How can the brutal and costly enterprise of criminal punishment be justified? This book makes a provocative, original contribution to the philosophical literature and debate on the morality of punishing, arguing that punishment is justified in the duties that offenders incur as a result of their wrongdoing.

On Complicity and Compromise

On Complicity and Compromise
Author: Chiara Lepora
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2013-04-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199677905

Drawing on philosophy, law and political science, and on a wealth of practical experience delivering emergency medical services in conflict-ridden settings, Lepora and Goodin untangle the complexities surrounding compromise and complicity.

The Routledge Handbook of Collective Responsibility

The Routledge Handbook of Collective Responsibility
Author: Saba Bazargan-Forward
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1093
Release: 2020-04-19
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1351607561

The Routledge Handbook of Collective Responsibility comprehensively addresses questions about who is responsible and how blame or praise should be attributed when human agents act together. Such questions include: Do individuals share responsibility for the outcome or are individuals responsible only for their contribution to the act? Are individuals responsible for actions done by their group even when they don’t contribute to the outcome? Can a corporation or institution be held morally responsible apart from the responsibility of its members? The Handbook’s 35 chapters—all appearing here for the first time and written by an international team of experts—are organized into four parts: Part I: Foundations of Collective Responsibility Part II: Theoretical Issues in Collective Responsibility Part III: Domains of Collective Responsibility Part IV: Applied Issues in Collective Responsibility Each part begins with a short introduction that provides an overview of issues and debates within that area and a brief summary of its chapters. In addition, a comprehensive index allows readers to better navigate the entirety of the volume’s contents. The result is the first major work in the field that serves as an instructional aid for those in advanced undergraduate courses and graduate seminars, as well as a reference for scholars interested in learning more about collective responsibility.

Wrongs and Crimes

Wrongs and Crimes
Author: Victor Tadros
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0191067318

The Criminalization series arose from an interdisciplinary investigation into criminalization, focussing on the principles that might guide decisions about what kinds of conduct should be criminalized, and the forms that criminalization should take. Developing a normative theory of criminalization, the series tackles the key questions at the heart of the issue: what principles and goals should guide legislators in deciding what to criminalize? How should criminal wrongs be classified and differentiated? How should law enforcement officials apply the law's specifications of offences? The sixth volume in the series offers a philosophical investigation of the relationship between moral wrongdoing and criminalization. Considering they justification of punishment, the nature of harm, the importance of autonomy, inchoate wrongdoing, the role of consent, and the role of the state, the book provides an account of the nature of moral wrong doing, the sources of wrong doing, why wrong doing is the central target of the criminal law, and the ways in which criminalization of non-wrongful conduct might be permissible.

To Do, To Die, To Reason Why

To Do, To Die, To Reason Why
Author: Victor Tadros
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2020-06-18
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0192567306

To Do, To Die, To Reason Why offers a new account of the ethics of war and the legal regulation of war. It is especially concerned with the conduct of individuals, including whether they are required to follow orders to go to war, what moral constraints there are on killing in war, what makes people liable to be killed in war, and the extent to which the laws of war ought to reflect the morality of war. Victor Tadros defends a largely anti-authority view about the morality of war, and notable moral constraints on killing in war, such as the Doctrine of Doing and Allowing and a version of the Doctrine of Double Effect. However, he argues that a much wider range of people are liable to be harmed or killed in war than is normally thought to be the case, on grounds of both causal involvement and fairness. And it argues that the laws of war should converge much more closely with the morality of war than is currently the case.

Wilful Misconduct in International Transport Law

Wilful Misconduct in International Transport Law
Author: Duygu Damar
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2011-07-17
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3642215092

The main rationale of the conventions on international transport law is to limit the liability of the carrier. However, an aspect common to these conventions is that in cases of "wilful misconduct" the carrier is liable without any financial limitation. "Wilful misconduct" denoting a high degree of fault is an established term in English law. The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air (Warsaw Convention) of 1929 was the first international convention on transport law where the term was employed. A definition of "wilful misconduct", which can be found in later conventions regarding carriage of goods and passengers as well, was implemented in the Hague Protocol of 1955, amending the Warsaw Convention. However, the question as to exactly which degree of fault constitutes "wilful misconduct" has to date remained controversial and unanswered. This work seeks to answer this question. To this end, the historical background of the term, together with its function and role in marine insurance law, case law and international transport law, are examined from a comparative perspective.

Philosophical Approaches to the Devil

Philosophical Approaches to the Devil
Author: Benjamin W. McCraw
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2015-09-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1317392221

This collection brings together new papers addressing the philosophical challenges that the concept of a Devil presents, bringing philosophical rigor to treatments of the Devil. Contributors approach the idea of the Devil from a variety of philosophical traditions, methodologies, and styles, providing a comprehensive philosophical overview that contemplates the existence, nature, and purpose of the Devil. While some papers take a classical approach to the Devil, drawing on biblical exegesis, other contributors approach the topic of the Devil from epistemological, metaphysical, phenomenological, and ethical perspectives. This volume will be relevant to researchers and scholars interested in philosophical conceptions of the Devil and related areas, such as philosophers of religion, theologians, and scholars working in philosophical theology and demonology.