this paper aims to lay the foundations for showing that akrasia is the key framework that underlies legal and ethical underlies legal and ethical responsibility for negligent acts. The study compares classical and modern conceptions of akrasia to shed light on the phenomena. It is suggested that we act inadvertently because we act akratically ; this means that character and thought are not integrated, which prevents us from adopting a deliberative-aspirational viewpoint
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University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto, ON M5G 1L4University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto, ON M5G 1L4
Upshur R.E.
Lavery J.V.
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Centre for Global Health Research, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON M5C 1N8, #315University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto, ON M5G 1L4
Lavery J.V.
Tindana P.O.
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Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, NavrongoUniversity of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto, ON M5G 1L4