This book explores a central question of moral philosophy, addressing whether we are
morally responsible for certain kinds of actions, intentional omissions, and the …

TA Cavanaugh defends double-effect reasoning (DER), also known as the principle of
double effect. DER plays a role in anti-consequentialist ethics (such as deontology), in hard …

This book addresses a dilemma concerning freedom and moral obligation (obligation, right
and wrong). If determinism is true, then no one has control over one's actions. If …

According to Harper's (2001–2019a) online etymology dictionary, the word bully (as a noun)
can be traced back to the 1530s, but the definition differed remarkably from definitions that …

As medical technology advances and severely injured or ill people can be kept alive and
functioning long beyond what was previously medically possible, the debate surrounding …

I argue that the moral distinction in double effect cases rests on a difference not in intention
as traditionally stated in the Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE), but in desire. The traditional …

Reinforcement learning systems will to a greater and greater extent make decisions that
significantly impact the well-being of humans, and it is therefore essential that these systems …

Many philosophers have sought to distinguish moral obligation from moral responsibility. In
this book, author Ishtiyaque Haji argues that these concepts, though still distinct, are more …

Abstract In October 2003 the Supreme Court of the United States allowed Arkansas officials
to force Charles Laverne Singleton, a schizophrenic prisoner convicted of murder, to take …

In his recent book on moral responsibility and the mentally ill offender, Carl Elliott says that
psychopaths are a problem for the courts" which do not known whether to punish them". 1 …