(When) Are Authors Culpable for Causing Harm?

To what extent are authors morally culpable for harms caused by their published work? Can authors be culpable even if their ideas are misused, perhaps because they failed to take precautions to prevent harmful misinterpretations? Might authors be culpable even if they do take precautions − if, for e...

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Main Author: Arvan, Marcus (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2023, Volume: 20, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 47-78
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Mens Rea
B Harm
B Risk
B Moral Responsibility
B legal causation
B Marx
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