Philosophy 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Intentional Tort, Lake Ontario
17 Feb 2016
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Damages return them to position they would have been in without damages. General compensating for loss: pecuniary financial loss. General harder to quantify: non-pecuniary non financial loss, loss of well-being and happiness, pain and suffering. Punitive to punish them for inappropriate and horrible behaviour, not. Exemplary to make an example, when court looks to make someone common an example compensatory. Nominal trivial event, only applies to an intentional tort, not: ex: trespass, defamation, assault, can be as little as for , small amount of money to send a message that you probably shouldn"t be suing. Used to use the conceptual approach put a tariff/set number on losses (ex: lost a hand that"s ) Personal approach tailoring things to the person. Now functional approach we know that money won"t make your life better, but we can try to use money to make you comfy, can"t give you your former life back. Now due to inflation, it"s probably ,000 300,000.
