Agency, Negligence and Responsibility

Author: Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco; George Pavlakos
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108498104

Published In: November 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781108702904

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This collection of essays represents a ground-breaking collaboration between moral philosophers, action theorists, lawyers and legal theorists to set a fresh research agenda on agency and responsibility in negligence. The complex phenomenon of responsibility in negligence is analysed from multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives, shedding light on key ethical and legal issues related to agency and negligence to impact substantive law and policy-making in different jurisdictions. The volume introduces new debates and questions old assumptions, inviting the reader to rethink substantive law and practical ethical reflection.

Presents original perspectives on the complex phenomenon of negligence
Sheds new light on responsibility for negligence which will impact substantive law
Includes contributions from scholars in action theory and moral philosophy as well as lawyers and legal philosophers

Introduction

Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco and George Pavlakos

Part I. Will and Blameworthiness:

1. The Problem of Pure Negligence

Gideon Rosen

2. Unwitting Omissions, Mistakes, and Responsibility

Erasmus Mayr

3. 'How Could You?': The Moral Import of Obliviousness

Gideon Yaffe

4. Varieties of Negligence and Complications for Moral Blameworthiness

William FitzPatrick

Part II. Agency, Reasons and Inadvertence: