Agency, Negligence and Responsibility

An agenda-setting multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary analysis of the complex phenomenon of responsibility in negligence.

Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco (Edited by), George Pavlakos (Edited by)

9781108498104, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 4 November 2021

280 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.55 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Negligence [LNVC], Jurisprudence & philosophy of law [LAB], Philosophy [HP]