Research Seminar Spring 2019 (4): Responsibility and liability

The fourth meeting of the project research seminar this term (Spring 2019) will take place from 10.00 to 12.00, on Wednesday 30 January, 2019, in the seminar room at the Department of Philosophy, UCL (19 Gordon Square).

For this meeting, we will focus on the distinction between responsibility and liability. The target readings are:

• Hart, H. L. A. 2008 (1967). “Postscript: Responsibility and Retribution.” In Punishment and Responsibility (2nd edn.; Oxford UP).
• Duff, R. A. 2007. Answering for Crime: Responsibility and Liability in the Criminal Law. Hart. Ch. 1 “Responsibility and Liability.”

John Hyman will introduce the topic.

For the schedule for the whole term, see this post.