Balancing compassion, accountability, and causal clarity

Debating intoxication: Response to commentaries

“…We thank Robert MacCoun [1] and Johann Koehler [2] for their insightful commentaries on our Addiction Opinion and Debate article [3], in which we discuss R v Taj [4], a recent judgement from the Court of Appeal (CA) of England and Wales (E&W). Their expert commentaries highlight and discuss a number of important points, including how scientific and legal reasoning more often collide, differences and complexities around causal reasoning in science and law, and what relation we might conceive between holding a person responsible and blaming (or praising) them.…”