Legal Causation and Responsibility for Causing Harm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11033641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Ozonoff (0000-0002-4281-4171, The author is with the Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Mass., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | S1 |
| Pages | S35-S38 |
| Publication date | 2005-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2005.061820 |
| PMID | 16030336 |
| OpenAlex | W2114240394 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
In the legal setting, “cause” is composed of at least two distinct components, of which only one is related to “causality” as scientists understand it. I argue that the alleged separation of the social issue of “scope of responsibility” from the objective question of scientific causality is illusory. “Scientific causality” also plays an essential social role in the legal setting
Attribution · Causality (physics) · Causation · Harm · Law and economics · Political science · Scope (computer science) · Social responsibility · Sociology · Computer Science · Ethics in medical practice · Free Will and Agency · Law · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2015 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |