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Prudence, Benevolence, and Negligence: Virtue Ethics and Tort Law

  • Feldman H
Palgrave Macmillan UK, (2008), 51-87
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-60073-1_3
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Tort law assesses negligence according to the conduct of a reasonable person of ordinary prudence who acts with due care for the safety of others. 1 This standard assigns three traits to the person whose conduct sets the bar for measuring negligence: reasonableness, ...

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Feldman, H. L. (2008). Prudence, Benevolence, and Negligence: Virtue Ethics and Tort Law. In Virtue Jurisprudence (pp. 51–87). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-60073-1_3

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