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Fair Opportunity and Responsibility (Oxford University Press: 2021) By: David O. Brink Reviewed for Choice Magazine by Ronald F. White, PhD. Mount St. Joseph University

                                                                                                                                                               This is a complex philosophical and legal analysis of the concepts of “fair opportunity” and “responsibility.” It’s architecture builds upon a host of other moral/legal terms such as: normative competence, cognitive competence, culpability, duress, and provocation. Although we can be held responsible for both praiseworthy and blameworthy actions, this book focused on blameworthy, thus, it is intended to elucidate primarily actions undert...