NDLI: Moral Luck and Liability Lotteries

Please wait, while we are loading the content...

Should Political Philosophy be more Realistic? : Bell, Duncan (ed). 2009. Political Thought and International Relations: Variations on a Realist Theme. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 256 pp Bourke, Richard, and Geuss, Raymond (eds). 2009. Political Judgement: Essays for John Dunn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 368 pp

Erratum to: What Policy Should Be Adopted to Curtail the Negative Global Health Impacts Associated with the Consumption of Farmed Animal Products?

Res Publica : Volume 16, Issue 2, May 2010

Res Publica : Volume 16, Issue 1, February 2010

Res Publica : Volume 15

Res Publica : Volume 14

Res Publica : Volume 13

Res Publica : Volume 12

Res Publica : Volume 11

Res Publica : Volume 10

Res Publica : Volume 9

Res Publica : Volume 8

Res Publica : Volume 7

Res Publica : Volume 6

Res Publica : Volume 5

Res Publica : Volume 4

Res Publica : Volume 3

Moral Luck and Liability Lotteries

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Sela, Guy
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Adversaries of Moral Luck (AMLs) are at pains to explain why wrongdoers are liable to bear burdens (punishment, compensation etc.) which are related to the harm they cause, because the consequences of what we do are a matter of luck. One attempt to solve this problem suggests that wrongdoers who cause more harm are liable to bear a greater burden not because they are more blameworthy but rather because they get the short straw in a liability lottery (represented by the apparently indeterminate causal process). In this paper I argue that this attempt fails on several grounds. Apart from the fact that it is hard to see how the implementation of liability lotteries can be motivated and the fact that such scheme presupposes a political order (whereas the notion of liability does not seem to presuppose one), detaching liability from the outcomes of a culpable action undermines whichever justifications there were for imposing liability in the first place. Moreover, relying on the determination of the causal process as a good indication of the wrongdoer’s degree of culpability is mistaken, because the luck brought about through the causal process is not necessarily the only element involved in cases of harmful conduct which lies beyond the wrongdoers’ control.
Starting Page	317
Ending Page	331
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13564765
Journal	Res Publica
Volume Number	16
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15728692
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-10-09
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Moral luck Lotteries Criminal attempts Reparations David Lewis Jeremy Waldron Philosophy Ethics Political Philosophy Philosophy of Religion Philosophy of Law
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Law

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Naturalistic Moral Realism and Moral Disagreement: David Copp’s Account

An Account of the Democratic Status of Constitutional Rights

Guiding Commitments and Criminal Liability for Attempts

Jeremy Waldron on Law and Disagreement

Disagreeing with Waldron: Waldron on Law and Disagreement

Law and Morality at War

Luck and Agent-Causation: A Response to Franklin

Sanitizing Justice : Peter Stone: The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011, 195

Common-Sense Virtue Ethics and Moral Luck

Moral Luck and Liability Lotteries

Similar Documents

Naturalistic Moral Realism and Moral Disagreement: David Copp’s Account

An Account of the Democratic Status of Constitutional Rights

Guiding Commitments and Criminal Liability for Attempts

Jeremy Waldron on Law and Disagreement

Disagreeing with Waldron: Waldron on Law and Disagreement

Law and Morality at War

Luck and Agent-Causation: A Response to Franklin

Sanitizing Justice : Peter Stone: The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011, 195

Common-Sense Virtue Ethics and Moral Luck

Moral Luck and Liability Lotteries