The goal of this book is to investigate why there are two distinct notions of liability in the legal and ethical systems of different societies; the relationship between two sets of criteria of liability and the individual's evolution from childhood adolescence

> Fashioning an Identity and a Sense of Responsibility span> The Two Stages of Puberty: Establishing an Identity in a Social Nexus span> Ceremonies of the First Stage of Puberty: Extrusion and Brother-Sister Avoidance span> Ceremonies of the Second Stage of Puberty: Initiation Ceremonies span> Living with a Sense of Responsibility span> PART II Bases of the Incest Taboo: The Need for Privacy span> Bases of the Incest Taboo: Boundary-Maintaining Systems span> PART III Methodology: Mechanical and Theoretical Coda Notes Bibliography Index