Essays on Free Will and Moral Responsibility:
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Main Author: Trakakis, Nick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Pub. 2008
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description: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.
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 ..
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (295 pages)
ISBN:1443810762
9781443810760

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