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algorithms and mechanisms are empirically more accessible, it is the top level, the level of computational theory, which is …'s Soul, I argue that a notable weakness of Greene's approach to moral psychology is its neglect of computational theory. A … and omissions. How do people actually do this? What is the theory which explains their practice? Greene claims that …
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methods from the mathematical theory of optimal transport. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our algorithm when applied to …
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justification of corporate liability. Traditionally, corporate theory revolved around the dichotomy between the fictional or real … corporate liability for torts and criminal offences. More recent approaches such as the nexus of contracts theory …
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This paper analyzes the influence of political and institutional factors on the enactment of sentencing guidelines and truth-in-sentencing legislation by US states. First, we develop a model of strategic interaction among the judiciary, parole boards and state legislators, to analyze the...
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disorders. What Sunstein gives us, in effect, is a theory of performance errors without a corresponding theory of moral … unsound. Exotic and unfamiliar stimuli are used in theory construction throughout the cognitive sciences, and these problems …
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, his empiricist learning theory does not explain how complex concepts like agent, intention, cause, and wrong are acquired … target in moral theory is far too crude and simplistic to do justice to the argument from the poverty of the stimulus. The … omissions with their alternatives. Does Nichols' empiricist theory explain how any of these complex deontic rules could be …
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My purposes in this essay are two-fold. First, I provide some background on the disciplines of economics and sociology as a basis for the discussion at this Symposium and for my own discussion of the potential for an interdisciplinary discourse on law. In this regard, in the first section of the...
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The criminal legal system is at a crossroads. Calls for abolition are met with calls for modest adjustments or maintenance of the status quo. What frequently emerges from these polarities is a promise that police, prosecutors, judges, and other government actors will use their vast discretion to...
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This paper offers a new argument for why a more aggressive enforcement of minor offenses ("zero-tolerance") may yield a double dividend in that it reduces both minor offenses and more severe crime. We develop a model of criminal subcultures in which people gain social status among their peers...
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hypotheses derived from the theory. …
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