ABSTRACT

This title was first published in 2001. Legal systems are posited on the assumption that people are rational intentional agents who can choose to follow or break the law. This book connects the common interests of lawyers and philosophers in the meaning of intention and its relation to responsibility in legal, moral and political contexts.

part I|53 pages

The Philosophy of Intention

part II|167 pages

Intention and Individual Responsibility

part III|103 pages

Intention and the Collective

part IV|15 pages

Beyond Intention?

chapter 16|13 pages

Intention Versus Reactive Fault