A collection of essays discussing Herbert Hart's writings on responsibility. The essays focus upon Hart's work on causation in the law and on the justification of punishment. Specific topics discussed include senses of 'responsibility', voluntariness, Mill's harm principle, mens rea, excuses, the Hart-Wootton debate, and negligence.

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Christopher Pulman

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Larry Alexander, University of San Diego, USA Karin Boxer, Amherst College, USA Arina Cocoru, New York University School of Law, USA Douglas Husak, Rutgers University, USA Matthew H. Kramer, University of Cambridge, UK Matt Matravers, University of York, UK Erasmus Mayr, University of Oxford, UK Helen Steward, University of Leeds, UK Gideon Yaffe, Yale Law School, USA

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Book Title: Hart on Responsibility
Authors: Christopher Pulman
Series Title: Philosophers in Depth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137374431
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-37442-4Published: 20 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-47694-7Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-37443-1Published: 18 November 2014
Series ISSN: 2947-552X
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5538
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 215
Topics: Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Philosophy of Mind

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