Essays on Free Will and Moral Responsibility [electronic resource].
The problem of free will has fascinated philosophers since ancient times: Do we have free will, or at least the kind of free will that seems necessary for moral responsibility? Does determinism - the idea that everything that happens is necessitated to happen, given the past and the laws of nature - threaten the commonly held assumption that we are indeed free and morally responsible? Although these questions have been widely discussed in the past, the present volume offers a variety of new ...
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- ISBN: 9781443810760
- ISBN: 1443810762
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (295 pages)
- Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.
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General Note: | Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; DEFENDING HARD INCOMPATIBILISM AGAIN; WHITHER MORALITY IN A HARD DETERMINIST WORLD; MEANINGFULNESS, HARD DETERMINISM AND OBJECTIVITY; MORAL INFLUENCE, MORAL RESPONSIBILITY; THE ILLUSION OF LIBERTARIAN FREE WILL; RESTRICTIVISM IS A COVERT COMPATIBILISM; THREE FREEDOMS, FREE WILL AND SELF-FORMATION; OBLIGATION AND LUCK; ULTIMACY AND SWEET JANE; THE DIRECT ARGUMENT; SOME FURTHER THOUGHTS ON THE DIRECT ARGUMENT; FREE WILL AND FAIRNESS; ADDICTION IS NO EXCUSE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX. |
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Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | PHILOSOPHY / Free Will & Determinism Responsibility. Free will and determinism. Responsibility. Free will and determinism. Free will and determinism. Responsibility. |
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