Inadvertence and Moral Responsibility

Against the view of certain philosophers, such as Thomas Nagel, I defend the common sense belief that people are not responsible for what they do or bring about inadvertently. I consider what response we might reasonably expect from a person who inadvertently does or brings about some event or condi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harry Frankfurt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2009-12-01
Series:Ideas y Valores
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Online Access:http://www.ideasyvalores.unal.edu.co/archivos/PDF141/04_FRANKFURT.pdf