The Ethics and Law of Omissions by Dana Kay Nelkin (English) Hardcover Book

Description: The Ethics and Law of Omissions by Dana Kay Nelkin, Samuel C. Rickless Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description 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. Publisher Description This edited volume of new essays explores the principles that govern moral responsibility and legal liability for omissive conduct--behavior that did not occur. Many contributors here try to make sense of the possibility of moral responsibility for omissions, including those that occur unwittingly. The disagreements among them concern the grounds of moral responsibility in these cases: the constellation of states and traits that constitute theself, or the quality of ones will, or exercises of evaluative judgment, or the ability and opportunity to avoid the omission, or the tracing back to a time when one had the witting ability to takesteps to avoid future omission. Some contributors consider whether omissions need to be under ones control if one is to be morally responsible for them, as well as which sense of "control" is relevant, if it is, to the question of moral responsibility. Yet others consider whether it is possible for an agent to be morally responsible for an omission that she could not have avoided. On the legal side, contributors also consider various issues concerning the status of omissions in the law:whether circumstances that are usually described as involving legal liability for omissions are better described as involving legal liability for entire courses of conduct; the conditions (such as creationof the peril) under which one can be legally liable for an omission to rescue; why a defendants legal guilt for a crime can be predicated on an omission to act only if the defendant was under a legal duty to engage in the omitted act; and whether this "duty requirement" is grounded in the desirability of shielding from legal liability those who are not criminally culpable or in the constraint that ones body and property may not be appropriated for the generalgood.Included with the essays is an introduction to the topic by the volume editors. The book will be of interest to moral philosophers, philosophers of law, and other legal scholars. Author Biography Dana Kay Nelkin (B.A. University of Texas 1988; Ph.D. UCLA 1995) is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. Her areas of research include ethics and moral psychology, and she has written articles on a variety of topics including forgiveness, friendship, self-deception, and the lottery paradox, as well as a book, Making Sense of Freedom and Responsibility.Samuel C. Rickless (B.A. Harvard 1986; B.Phil. Oxford 1988; Ph.D. UCLA 1996) is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. His areas of research include ethics, philosophy of law, ancient Greek philosophy, and early modern western European philosophy. He has authored books on Plato, Berkeley, and Locke, and has co-edited a volume on the ethics of war. Details ISBN 0190683457 ISBN-13 9780190683450 Title The Ethics and Law of Omissions Author Dana Kay Nelkin, Samuel C. Rickless Format Hardcover Year 2017 Pages 264 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc GE_Item_ID:137032996; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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