PHIL 3020 : PHIL 3020 Midterm Study Aid
Document Summary
Attendant circumstance- specified factors that must be present when crime is committed. Result- the ending of the action that is presecribed in the statute ( for the purpose of ). Knowledge- believes that it is possible or practically certain. Negligence- substantial and unjustifiable risk, need not know about the risk. Refers to the action itself, not the mental state at the time of the action (recklessness). Excuse: rational agency is compromised so he is not morally responsible for actions; or if beliefs about the reasons (even mistaken) are ones that reasonable person would use to justify the actions. Stuart with toy gun gets shot, mary has no justification because stuart was not true threat, but she has an excuse because she believed she was in imminent danger. Defendant claims they were less morally culpable than would be otherwise, not a rational actor, not morally responsible, avoiding the criminal act was unusually difficult.
