Crimes and Punishments |
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| Authors: | Achille C. Varzi Giuliano Torrengo |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Philosophy, Columbia University, 1150 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA;(2) Philosophy, Universitá del Piemonte Orientale, Via A. Manzoni 8, 13100 Vercelli, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Every criminal act ought to be matched by a corresponding punishment, or so we may suppose, and every punishment ought to reflect a criminal act. We know how to count punishments. But how do we count crimes? In particular, how does our notion of a criminal action depend on whether the prohibited action is an activity, an accomplishment, an achievement, or a state? |
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| Keywords: | ontology action event prohibition punishment agency activity accomplishment achievement state |
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