I provide a nonevaluative account of coercion, following a discussion of the charge that coercion is an essentially contestable concept. I develop a fundamental account of human …
Existential Eroticism: A Feminist Approach to Understanding Women's Oppression- Perpetuating Choices offer a unique lens aimed at the underbelly of the lady through which …
Two long-standing defenses of English-speaking criminal law maintain that the accused acted under the overwhelming influence of a particular emotion caused by pressure of …
Duress is a defense in both law and morality. The bank teller who provides an armed robber with the bank vault combination, the innocent suspect who fabricates a story after hours of …
B Hereth - Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence, 2023 - brill.com
Pacifism is the view that necessarily, the nonconsensual physical harming of pro tanto rights- bearers is all-things-considered morally impermissible. Critics of pacifism frequently point to …
Society has conflicting feelings about persons who commit crimes under duress. People are likely to view them as both victims and villains, and feel compassion for the coerced actor …
C Woodard - Journal of Political Philosophy, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Suppose a police car gives chase to some violent criminals, putting innocent bystanders at risk. The criminals have not threatened the police in any way; so we would not normally say …