Mapping Responsibility: Explorations in Mind, Law, Myth, and Culture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780812695649)

Written for philosophers as well as general readers interested in social and moral issues, Mapping Responsibility is a thoughtful exploration of the ambiguous terrain of moral responsibility. As a philosophical idea, responsibility poses vexing questions: What does it mean to be a responsible person -- that is, one who is justly held accountable and possibly punishable for an action? In exploring this and other important questions, author Herbert Fingarette employs an interdisciplinary range of ideas. He uses the theoretical standpoints of moral philosophy, moral psychology, and psychoanalytic psychology and also taps into legal scholarship on criminal justice to discuss retribution, punishment, and the state.

Author: Herbert Fingarette
ISBN-10: 081269564X
ISBN-13: 9780812695649
Publisher: Open Court
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2004
Pages: 174
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.06w x 0.52d