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Preferred term
psychology of voluntary acts
Definition
- There is a deeply rooted and widely held moral intuition to the effect that a person is responsible only for what he does voluntarily. This intuition is the basis for doctrines of both criminal law and tort law. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Voluntary Acts, Psychology Of]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/psychology_of_voluntary_acts
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