Causation and responsibility : An essays in law, morals and metaphysics

By:

Moore Michael S

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Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2010Description: 605p xxviiISBN:

9780199256860

Subject(s):

1. Proximate Cause - Law2. Causation - Criminal Law - Moral & Ethical Aspects3. Metaphysics

DDC classification:

345.04 MOO

Contents:

Contents: Part I: The Role of Causation In Moral And Legal Responsibility; 1. The Embedding Of Causation In Legal Liability Doctrines; 2. Causation And Moral Blameworthiness; 3. Causation And The Permissibility Of Consequentialist Justification Within Agent-Relative Morality And The Law; Part II: Presuppositions About The Nature Of Causation By Legal Doctrines; 4. The Law's Own Characterizations Of Its Causal Requirements; 5. The Prima Facie Demands Of The Law On The Concept Of Causation; 6. Pruning The Law's Demands On A Concept Of Causation; Part Iii: The First Blind Alley: The Attempt To Replace Proximate Causation With Culpability As A Prerequisite For Legal Liability; 7. ‘Negligence In The Air Will Not Do’; 8. Conceptual Problems In Applying The Harm-Within-The-Risk Test To Crimes/Torts Of Negligence; 9. Normative Problems In Applying The Harm-Within-The-Risk Test To Crimes/Torts Of Negligence; 10. The Descriptive Inaccuracy Of The Harm-Within-The-Risk Analysis As Measuring Proximate Causation; Part Iv: The Legal Presupposition Of There Being ‘Intervening Causes’; 11. The Legal Doctrines Of Intervening Causation; 12. The Lack Of Any Metaphysical Basis For The Doctrines Of Intervening Causation; 13. The Superfluity Of Accomplice Liability; Part V: The Metaphysics of Causal Relata; 14. A Prolegomenon To The Issue Of Causal Relata; 15. The Facts, Events, States Of Affairs, And Tropes Debate; Part Vi: The Metaphysics Of The Causal Relation; 16. Counterfactual Conditionals; 17. The Counterfactual Theory Of Causation; 18. The Role Of Counterfactual Dependence As An Independent, Non-Causal Desert-Determiner; 19. Generalist Theories Of Causation; 20. Singularist Theories Of Causation; End Matter.

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Contents:
Part I: The Role of Causation In Moral And Legal Responsibility;
1. The Embedding Of Causation In Legal Liability Doctrines;
2. Causation And Moral Blameworthiness;
3. Causation And The Permissibility Of Consequentialist Justification Within Agent-Relative Morality And The Law;
Part II: Presuppositions About The Nature Of Causation By Legal Doctrines;
4. The Law's Own Characterizations Of Its Causal Requirements;
5. The Prima Facie Demands Of The Law On The Concept Of Causation;
6. Pruning The Law's Demands On A Concept Of Causation;
Part Iii: The First Blind Alley: The Attempt To Replace Proximate Causation With Culpability As A Prerequisite For Legal Liability;
7. ‘Negligence In The Air Will Not Do’;
8. Conceptual Problems In Applying The Harm-Within-The-Risk Test To Crimes/Torts Of Negligence;
9. Normative Problems In Applying The Harm-Within-The-Risk Test To Crimes/Torts Of Negligence;
10. The Descriptive Inaccuracy Of The Harm-Within-The-Risk Analysis As Measuring Proximate Causation;
Part Iv: The Legal Presupposition Of There Being ‘Intervening Causes’;
11. The Legal Doctrines Of Intervening Causation;
12. The Lack Of Any Metaphysical Basis For The Doctrines Of Intervening Causation;
13. The Superfluity Of Accomplice Liability;
Part V: The Metaphysics of Causal Relata;
14. A Prolegomenon To The Issue Of Causal Relata;
15. The Facts, Events, States Of Affairs, And Tropes Debate;
Part Vi: The Metaphysics Of The Causal Relation;
16. Counterfactual Conditionals;
17. The Counterfactual Theory Of Causation;
18. The Role Of Counterfactual Dependence As An Independent, Non-Causal Desert-Determiner;
19. Generalist Theories Of Causation;
20. Singularist Theories Of Causation;
End Matter.

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