Harm to Others (The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, Volume 1)¶
Feinberg, J. (1984). Harm to Others (The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, Volume 1). Oxford University Press.
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- Omission Bias
- In law it is the deep and near-universal distinction between acts and omissions: legal systems punish killing far more readily than letting die, recognize a general duty not to harm but only narrow duties to rescue, and treat commission and omission as categorically different even at equal outcomes — the doctrine that encodes the bias into institutions.
This sourceAnalyzes the act/omission distinction in law and morality — the stronger duty not to harm versus the narrow duty to rescue (including the 'Failures to Prevent Harm' analysis).
- In law it is the deep and near-universal distinction between acts and omissions: legal systems punish killing far more readily than letting die, recognize a general duty not to harm but only narrow duties to rescue, and treat commission and omission as categorically different even at equal outcomes — the doctrine that encodes the bias into institutions.
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