The Possible World Defense: Why Our Current Legal Thinking about Entrapment is Philosophically Suspect

Luke William Hunt

American Philosophical Association Blog (2019)

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Essay on philosophical problems with police sting operations and the legal doctrine of entrapment.

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policing entrapment possible worlds belief responsibility rule of law

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Counterfactuals and Modal Epistemology in Metaphysics

Defenses in Criminal Law in Philosophy of Law

Justification and Excuse in Criminal Law in Philosophy of Law

Policing in Applied Ethics

Political Legitimacy in Social and Political Philosophy

Possible Worlds in Metaphysics

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