Open AccessPhilosophical analysis of two types of legal responsibility
Author(s) -
Maciej Juzaszek
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
archiwum filozofii prawa i filozofii społecznej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2082-3304
DOI - 10.36280/afpifs.2021.2.16
Subject(s) - moral responsibility , accountability , resentment , legal responsibility , sociology , legal liability , professional responsibility , law , compatibilism , political science , epistemology , liability , philosophy , politics
The paper presents some preliminary results of a philosophical analysis of the concept of legal responsibility, including its nature and types. It draws upon Anglo-American metaethical discussions of moral responsibility, which have abounded in philosophy after Peter F. Strawson’s landmark paper Freedom and Resentment. The author reconstructs two views on the nature of moral responsibility, the Strawsonian view and the ledger view (coming from Michael J. Zimmerman) and applies them to the concept of legal responsibility. The result is a distinction between two types of legal responsibility: attributability and accountability, which are characterized in the paper, which is an introduction to further research on legal responsibility (or liability) and its conditions.