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Page 184
So different degrees of blame , punishment , and censure correspond to the extent to which the agent's capacity is impaired . This implies that criminal law and morality treat agents as victims of circumstance insofar as circumstances ...
So different degrees of blame , punishment , and censure correspond to the extent to which the agent's capacity is impaired . This implies that criminal law and morality treat agents as victims of circumstance insofar as circumstances ...
Page 185
This general sense of ' can ' is the sense , I believe , in which capacity is and should be understood in criminal law . Those who are under the age of criminal responsibility or who are exempt on the ground of insanity are exempt ...
This general sense of ' can ' is the sense , I believe , in which capacity is and should be understood in criminal law . Those who are under the age of criminal responsibility or who are exempt on the ground of insanity are exempt ...
Page 186
If life in community is to be looked on as something like a competition , in which those with impaired capacities find it ... which responsibility presupposes , capacity is taken into account when punishment and censure are in issue .
If life in community is to be looked on as something like a competition , in which those with impaired capacities find it ... which responsibility presupposes , capacity is taken into account when punishment and censure are in issue .
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Lectures | 1 |
Life and Work in Shakespeares Poems | 15 |
The Poetry of the Caroline Court | 51 |
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