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Criminal Responsibility$
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Victor Tadros

Print publication date: 2007

Print ISBN-13: 9780199225828

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2010

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199225828.001.0001

The Significance of Intentions

Chapter:
(p. 212 ) 8 The Significance of Intentions
Source:
Criminal Responsibility
Author(s):

VICTOR TADROS

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199225828.003.0009

This chapter argues that the distinction between intention and foresight is significant in the attribution of criminal responsibility. After examining the nature of intentions, it is suggested that intentions make a difference to the gravity of wrongdoing. That conclusion is defended by exploring less serious offence contexts where the significance of intentions is illuminated more brightly.

Keywords:   wrongdoing, intention, foresight

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