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Being Fully Excused for Wrongdoing.

  • Published In: Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 2023, v. 104, n. 2. P. 324 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Bruno, Daniele 3 of 3

Abstract

On the classical understanding, an agent is fully excused for an action if and only if performing this action was a case of faultless wrongdoing. A major motivation for this view is the apparent existence of paradigmatic types of excusing considerations, affecting fault but not wrongness. I show that three such considerations, ignorance, duress and compulsion, can be shown to have direct bearing on the permissibility of actions. The appeal to distinctly identifiable excusing considerations thus does not stand up to closer scrutiny, undermining the classical view and giving us reason to seek alternative ways of drawing the justification/excuse distinction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. 2023/06, Vol. 104, Issue 2, p324
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Law
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0279-0750
  • DOI:10.1111/papq.12425
  • Accession Number:164093545
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