The dog, unlike the human, does not have will and as such cannot override its desires. The will of the human is able to override a desire or impulse. As such, a human can be held liable in a way that a dog cannot.
I think this may be slightly missing the point. We hold humans liable not because they can override desires -- dogs can do that also, btw, as they may avoid some delicious food if they think they may get in trouble for eating it -- but instead because they have the ability to perform moral reasoning, i.e., to think about the "right" thing to... (read more)
The dog, unlike the human, does not have will and as such cannot override its desires. The will of the human is able to override a desire or impulse. As such, a human can be held liable in a way that a dog cannot.
I think this may be slightly missing the point. We hold humans liable not because they can override desires -- dogs can do that also, btw, as they may avoid some delicious food if they think they may get in trouble for eating it -- but instead because they have the ability to perform moral reasoning, i.e., to think about the "right" thing to... (read more)