Character, purpose, and criminal respons
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Michael D. Bayles
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Article
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1982
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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This paper explores analyzing criminal responsibility from the Humean position that blame is for character traits. If untoward acts indicate undesirable character traits, then the agent is blameworthy; if they do not, then the actor is not blameworthy -he has an excuse. A distinctive feature of this