Tadros, Victor (2018) Causal contributions and liability. Ethics, 128 (2). pp. 402-431. doi:10.1086/694275

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Abstract

This article explores the extent to which the magnitude of harm that a person is liable to suffer to avert a threat depends on the magnitude of her causal contribution to the threat. Several different versions of this view are considered. The conclusions are mostly skeptical — facts that may determine how large of a causal contribution a person makes to a threat are not morally significant, or not sufficiently significant to make an important difference to liability. However, understanding ways in which causation may be scalar helps to deepen our understanding of other morally significant facts, such as responsibility.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	K Law [Moys] > KA Jurisprudence
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Liability (Law) , Responsibility
Journal or Publication Title:	Ethics
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
ISSN:	0014-1704
Official Date:	2018
Dates:	Date Event 2018 Published 1 January 2018 Available 6 June 2017 Accepted
Volume:	128
Number:	2
Page Range:	pp. 402-431
DOI:	10.1086/694275
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:	Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID Research Fellowship Leverhulme Trust http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000275

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