TY - JOUR
T1 - Moore's Truths About Causation and Responsibility
T2 - A Reply to Alexander and Ferzan
AU - Moore, Michael S.
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - In this response to the review of Moore, Causation and Responsibility, by Larry Alexander and Kimberly Ferzan, previously published in this journal, two issues are discussed. The first is whether causation, counterfactual dependence, moral blame, and culpability, are all scalar properties or relations, that is, matters of more-or-less rather than either-or. The second issue discussed is whether deontological moral obligation is best described as a prohibition against using another as a means, or rather, as a prohibition on an agent strongly causing a prohibited result that was not about to happen anyway while intending to do so.
AB - In this response to the review of Moore, Causation and Responsibility, by Larry Alexander and Kimberly Ferzan, previously published in this journal, two issues are discussed. The first is whether causation, counterfactual dependence, moral blame, and culpability, are all scalar properties or relations, that is, matters of more-or-less rather than either-or. The second issue discussed is whether deontological moral obligation is best described as a prohibition against using another as a means, or rather, as a prohibition on an agent strongly causing a prohibited result that was not about to happen anyway while intending to do so.
KW - Causation
KW - Counterfactual dependence
KW - Deontological duty
KW - Intention
KW - Responsibility
KW - Scalarity
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U2 - 10.1007/s11572-012-9153-1
DO - 10.1007/s11572-012-9153-1
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84866447943
SN - 1871-9791
VL - 6
SP - 445
EP - 462
JO - Criminal Law and Philosophy
JF - Criminal Law and Philosophy
IS - 3
ER -