Agency, Negligence and Responsibility

Administrative / Constitutional Law

Agency, Negligence and Responsibility

Edited by Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco · George Pavlakos
Cambridge University Press November 2021

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ISBN-13
9781108498104
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
November 2021
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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

Table of Contents

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:
5. The Possibility of Pure Negligence
Gary Watson
6. Agent-Relativity without Control: Grounding Negligence on Normative Relations
George Pavlakos
7. The Boundaries of Negligence
Matt King
8. The Backward-Looking Puzzle of Responsibility in Negligence: Some Preliminary Thoughts for Understanding Inadvertent Actions
Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco
9. Responsibility and Agency
Emmanuel Voyiakis
Part III. The Significance of Action in Negligence:
10. What is It to Do Nothing?
Constantine Sandis
11. Rape, Recklessness, and Sexist Ideology
Elinor Mason
12. From Law to Moral Philosophy in Theorizing About Negligence
Benjamin C. Zipursky
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