Doing and Deserving

This volume is made up of a set of essays, many of them previously published in profes- sional journals and elsewhere, on topics such as the function of punishment, collective responsi- bility, and the extent to which voluntary actions can be caused. The author does not attempt to reduce the arguments in his essays to any single theme, and therefore I will not venture to do so either. No single theme is likely to strike the reader. Professor Feinberg does, however, suggest that all of the essays belong within a single area of philosophical inquiry; this area he terms "the theory of responsibility."(Glenn Tinder)

Joel Feinberg (October 19, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan – March 29, 2004 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American political and legal philosopher. He is known for his work in the fields of ethics, action theory, philosophy of law, and political philosophy[1] as well as individual rights and the authority of the state.[2] Feinberg was one of the most influential figures in American juri...

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