Accidents: Some reasoning about behavior, punishment, and a surprising conclusion

Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism 15 (1):1-8 (2007)
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The author explores the idea that no behavior, even that of criminals, has any ultimate intentional basis, and that all decisions and beliefs occur by accident only.

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