Causation and Responsibility: An Essay in Law, Morals, and Metaphysics by Michae

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Causation and Responsibility by Michael S. Moore Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description The concept of causation is fundamental to ascribing moral and legal responsibility for events. Yet the precise relationship between causation and responsibility remains unclear. This book clarifies that relationship through an analysis of the best accounts of causation in metaphysics, and a critique of the confusion in legal doctrine. Publisher Description The concept of causation is fundamental to ascribing moral and legal responsibility for events. Yet the relationship between causation and responsibility remains unclear. What precisely is the connection between the concept of causation used in attributing responsibility and the accounts of causal relations offered in the philosophy of science and metaphysics? How much of what we call causal responsibility is in truth defined by non-causal factors? This bookargues that much of the legal doctrine on these questions is confused and incoherent, and offers the first comprehensive attempt since Hart and Honor to clarify the philosophical background to thelegal and moral book first sets out the place of causation in criminal and tort law and outlines the metaphysics presupposed by the legal doctrine. It then analyses the best theoretical accounts of causation in the philosophy of science and metaphysics, and using these accounts criticises many of the core legal concepts surrounding causation -

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2009
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780199256860
• Condition: Fine

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