Doing & deserving; essays in the theory of responsibility, by Joel Feinberg.

By: Feinberg, Joel, 1926-2004Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1970. Description: xi, 299 p. 23 cmISBN: 691071705Subject(s): ResponsibilityDDC classification: 170 LOC classification: BJ1451 | .F43
Contents:
Supererogation and rules.--Problematic responsibility in law and morals.--On being "morally speaking a murderer."--Justice and personal desert.--The expressive function of punishment.--Action and responsibility.--Causing voluntary actions.--Sua culpa.--Collective responsibility.--Crime, clutchability, and individuated treatment.--What is so special about mental illness?

Supererogation and rules.--Problematic responsibility in law and morals.--On being "morally speaking a murderer."--Justice and personal desert.--The expressive function of punishment.--Action and responsibility.--Causing voluntary actions.--Sua culpa.--Collective responsibility.--Crime, clutchability, and individuated treatment.--What is so special about mental illness?

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