Punishing (Not)Innocent Persons?

This article provides a critical analysis of Mark Walker’s type-token theory. This theory purports to describe, explain, and justify the mechanism by which moral and legal responsibility can be attributed to exact and complete duplicates of persons. However, Walker’s defence of the view of person...

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Main Author: A. V. Nekhaev
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Language:English
Published: Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education 2023-09-01
Series:Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"
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Online Access:https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2023/%D0%A2.8,%20%E2%84%963%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/73-94%20%20%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%20%D0%90.%20%D0%92..pdf
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description This article provides a critical analysis of Mark Walker’s type-token theory. This theory purports to describe, explain, and justify the mechanism by which moral and legal responsibility can be attributed to exact and complete duplicates of persons. However, Walker’s defence of the view of persons as abstract entities is met with several metaphysical objections. Alternatively, a new approach to moral and legal responsibility is developed based on principles of agency law, in which the conception of a guilty person does not require identity with the person who committed the culpable act.
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spelling doaj-art-5291da1f2fa04725b05bf6ae66cc0ffc2025-02-03T04:32:45ZengOmsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher EducationОмский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"2542-04882541-79832023-09-0183739410.25206/2542-0488-2023-8-3-73-94Punishing (Not)Innocent Persons?A. V. Nekhaev0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1358-743XOmsk State Technical UniversityThis article provides a critical analysis of Mark Walker’s type-token theory. This theory purports to describe, explain, and justify the mechanism by which moral and legal responsibility can be attributed to exact and complete duplicates of persons. However, Walker’s defence of the view of persons as abstract entities is met with several metaphysical objections. Alternatively, a new approach to moral and legal responsibility is developed based on principles of agency law, in which the conception of a guilty person does not require identity with the person who committed the culpable act.https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2023/%D0%A2.8,%20%E2%84%963%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/73-94%20%20%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%20%D0%90.%20%D0%92..pdfpersonal identitymoral responsibilitytype-token theorypsychological sequentialismpunishment of the innocentagency equivalenceculpability
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Punishing (Not)Innocent Persons?
Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"
personal identity
moral responsibility
type-token theory
psychological sequentialism
punishment of the innocent
agency equivalence
culpability
title Punishing (Not)Innocent Persons?
title_full Punishing (Not)Innocent Persons?
title_fullStr Punishing (Not)Innocent Persons?
title_full_unstemmed Punishing (Not)Innocent Persons?
title_short Punishing (Not)Innocent Persons?
title_sort punishing not innocent persons
topic personal identity
moral responsibility
type-token theory
psychological sequentialism
punishment of the innocent
agency equivalence
culpability
url https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2023/%D0%A2.8,%20%E2%84%963%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/73-94%20%20%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%20%D0%90.%20%D0%92..pdf
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