… She believes that for many bioethicists the acts/omissions distinction has been shown to
be … in favour of the acts/omissions distinction. According to the acts/omissions distinction,“in …

… 119 that an omission consists essentially in no act whatsoever. He recognizes, however, … a
per se relationship between some actions and some omissions. A better explication of this per …

… dependence exists with acts and with omissions. And we don’t need to … acts and omissions
because some acts rely on counterfactual dependence for their desert basis just as omissions …

… To see how, let us revisit Hughes. Recall that Hughes was charged with an offence under s
… objectionable in the manner of driving – ‘some act or omission in the control of the car, which …

… to establish whether the act or the omission is more or less morally reprehensible. Nor does
it seek to discover whether there is a physical difference between an act or an omission. The …

… Revisiting an earlier example of an individual ability, other things equal, it … actions in addition
to omissions, once we account for an important asymmetry between actions and omissions …

… rise to an act or omission of a particular sort, I do not mean to suggest that that act or omission
must express or manifest any corresponding disposition or trait (as, eg, a cruel act might …

… I argue, on the contrary, the puzzle of omissive overdetermination favors taking the act/omission
distinction seriously. Factual causation, properly understood precludes …

… act-omission distinction, which holds that certain actions are impermissible (such as those
that cause death), but that failures to act … lines between actions and omissions. Second, there …

… for liability in murder may differ depending upon whether the conduct element is an omission
or an act. These practices hint at possible doctrinal ramifications of imposing liability for …