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Overview

Douglas Husak is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a particular focus on neuroscience and social sciences. The subfields contributing to their work include cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, political science and international relations, sociology and political science, as well as general health professions.

Husak's research addresses several key topics, notably free will and agency, political philosophy and ethics, war, ethics, and justification, plus the psychology of moral and emotional judgment. They have also contributed work related to criminal justice and corrections analysis, torture, ethics, and law, and epistemology, ethics, and metaphysics.

Their recent academic papers include:

  • Retributivism and Over-Punishment (2021), published in Law and Philosophy
  • The Price of Criminal Law Skepticism (2020), published in New Criminal Law Review
  • The Objective(s) of Responsible Brains (2021), published in Criminal Law and Philosophy
  • Proportionality in Personal Life (2021), published in Criminal Law and Philosophy
  • Six Questions About Overcriminalization (2022), published in Annual Review of Criminology

Husak's frequent publication venues reflect their interdisciplinary interests and include:

  • Criminal Law and Philosophy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Law and Philosophy
  • New Criminal Law Review
  • Annual Review of Criminology

Best Publications

  • Overcriminalization: The Limits of the Criminal Law

    Douglas N. Husak

  • Drugs and rights

    Douglas N. Husak

  • Paternalism

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  • The Criminal Law as Last Resort

    Douglas Husak

  • Overcriminalization

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  • Addiction and Criminal Liability

    Douglas N. Husak

  • Philosophy of Criminal Law.

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  • The Philosophy of Criminal Law

    Douglas Husak

  • Ignorance of Law

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  • Legalize This!: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs

    Douglas N. Husak

  • Negligence, Belief, Blame and Criminal Liability: The Special Case of Forgetting

    Douglas Husak

  • Why Punish the Deserving

    Douglas N. Husak

  • Liberal neutrality, autonomy, and drug prohibitions

    Douglas N. Husak

  • Motive and criminal liability

    Douglas N. Husak

  • Paternalism and Consent

    Douglas Husak

  • The moral relevance of addiction.

    Douglas N Husak

  • On the Supposed Priority of Justification to Excuse

    Douglas Husak

  • The Philosophy of Criminal Law: Selected Essays

    Douglas N. Husak

  • Intoxication and Culpability

    Douglas Husak

  • The Complete Guide to Consent to Sex: Alan Wertheimer’s Consent to Sexual Relations

    Douglas Husak

  • Vehicles and Crashes: Why is this Moral Issue Overlooked?

    Douglas Husak

  • The Philosophy of Criminal Law: Extending the Debates

    Douglas Husak

  • Malum Prohibitum and Retributivism

    Douglas Husak

  • Justifications and the Criminal Liability of Accessories

    Douglas N. Husak

  • Date rape, social convention, and reasonable mistakes

    Douglas N. Husak;George C. Thomas

  • Is drunk driving a serious offense

    Douglas N. Husak

  • Already Punished Enough

    Douglas N. Husak

  • Ignorance of Law: A Philosophical Inquiry

    Douglas N Husak

  • The Presumption of Freedom

    Douglas N. Husak

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul H. Robinson
Paul H. Robinson University of Pennsylvania

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