Criminal Responsibility Reconsidered

Authors

Stephen J. Morse, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law SchoolFollow

ORCID

Stephen J. Morse 0000-0002-7260-5012

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-30-2023

Abstract

This essay review addresses the central responsibility thesis of David Brink's "Fair. Opportunity and Responsibility" and then considers two applications of the central. Thesis: legal insanity and diminished capacity.

Keywords

criminal responsibility, fair opportunity, control capacity, cognitive capacity, hardchoice, diminished capacity, legal insanity

Publication Title

Criminal Law and Philosophy

Repository Citation

Morse, Stephen J., "Criminal Responsibility Reconsidered" (2023). Articles. 427.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_articles/427
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-023-09702-7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-023-09702-7