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The Food Thief: Alleviation of Responsibility in Terms of All-Things-Considered Obligations

In: Filozofia, vol. 74, no. 10
Daniela Glavaničová
Detaily:
Rok, strany: 2019, 841 - 851
Jazyk: eng
Kľúčové slová:
All-things-considered – Eligibility – Responsibility – State of necessity
Typ článku: State / Original Articles
Typ dokumentu: Časopis / Journal
O článku:
People sometimes have to steal food to survive. Yet it is unclear whether they are to be excused for doing so. A recent paper by Alejandra Mancilla argues for the rarely defended affirmative answer. About the same time, the Italyʼs Supreme Court of Cassation ruled that stealing a small amount of food when in extreme need does not constitute a crime. Given that food thieves in extreme need can be sometimes excused, the present paper aims to offer a semi-formal account of responsibility that makes space for the alleviation of responsibility in such ‘food thief’ scenario. I argue that a solution is buried in the notion of eligible strategy employed in an account of responsibility suggested by Matthew Braham and Mar- tin van Hees. I argue that a possible answer to the issue of (in)eligibility can be provided in terms of all-things-considered obligations, or the lack thereof.
Ako citovať:
ISO 690:
Glavaničová, D. 2019. The Food Thief: Alleviation of Responsibility in Terms of All-Things-Considered Obligations. In Filozofia, vol. 74, no.10, pp. 841-851. 0046-385X. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2019.74.10.4

APA:
Glavaničová, D. (2019). The Food Thief: Alleviation of Responsibility in Terms of All-Things-Considered Obligations. Filozofia, 74(10), 841-851. 0046-385X. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2019.74.10.4
O vydaní:
Vydavateľ: Filozofický ústav SAV / Institute of Phillosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Publikované: 30. 12. 2019