Dr Emmanuel Voyiakis recently commented on John Gardner’s 2016 Chorley lecture in the Modern Law Review.
“Is it OK for the law to assign responsibilities to persons who lack the ability to respond to reasons? For John Gardner, the answer is 'normally, no'. Even when we do saddle those persons with responsibilities, we do so because we treat them, fictitiously, as if they are able to respond to reasons. Is that right?”
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