The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Harm to othersIn this volume, Feinberg focuses on the meanings of "interest," the relationship between interests and wants, and the distinction between want-regarding and ideal-regarding analyses of interest and hard cases for the applications of the concept of harm. Examples of the "hard cases" are harm to character, vicarious harm, and prenatal and posthumous harm. Feinberg also discusses the relationship between harm and rights, the concept of a victim, and the distinctions of various quantitative dimensions of harm, consent, and offense, including the magnitude, probability, risk, and "importance" of harm. |
Contents
The basic question of the book | 3 |
The concept of moral legitimacy | 6 |
The idea of a libertylimiting principle | 7 |
Copyright | |
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actions activity advancement argument B's death B's interests bad samaritan statutes benefit Brian Barry causal factor cause harm Chap child claim coercion concept conduct consent consequence cost crime criminal law criminal prohibitions damages danger Derek Parfit desire distinction drowning duty to rescue easy rescue effect enforcement example focal aims fulfillment genuine given goals H. L. A. Hart happen harm principle harmed condition hurt imperfect duty important inflicted injury interest in liberty invasion Joel Feinberg kind legislative legitimate liability liberty-limiting principle license lounger ment merely moral necessary condition negative duties negligence normal offense omission one's party person person's interest plausible prevent harm problem produced promote protection punishment question reason risk samaritan laws self-interest self-regarding sense set back set-back interest simply social stake strict liability suffer theory things thwarted tion tort ulterior interests victim victimless crimes violated wants welfare interests well-being wrong