Abstract

INOSTROZA ADASME, Sonia. Aristotle’s Ethics in the Evolution of the Legal Negligence: a Review About Foreseeability. Probl. anu. filos. teor. derecho [online]. 2021, n.15, pp.421-442.  Epub May 31, 2022. ISSN 2448-7937.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iij.24487937e.2021.15.16128.

In the 4th century BC, Aristotle addressed the difference between ἁμάρτημα (negligence) and ἀδικημα (wrongdoing). Consequently, he distinguishes between voluntary and involuntary acts so as to arrive at such reasoning 200 years before Roman jurists did.

Although it is true that it is not possible to affirm an equivalent relationship between negligence, as it was conceived in the Greek world, with the thought of Roman jurisconsultants, it is possible to find the trace, the germ or essence of strict negligence, particularly in the treatment of involuntary acts.

Keywords : Aristotle; Fault; Negligence; Wrongdoing; Foreseeability.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )