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1 online resource (vi, 307 pages) |
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Topics in contemporary philosophy |
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Topics in contemporary philosophy.
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Action, ethics, and responsibility : a framework / Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, and Harry S. Silverstein -- A reappraisal of the doctrine of doing and allowing / David K. Chan -- Killing John to save Mary : a defense of the moral distinction between killing and letting die / Helen Frowe -- Making up one's mind / Randolph Clarke -- Conscious intentions / Alfred R. Mele -- Locke's compatibilism : suspension of desire or suspension of determinism? / Charles T. Wolfe -- The fall of the mind argument and some lessons about freedom / E.J. Coffman and Donald Smith -- Selective hard compatibilism / Paul Russell -- Manipulation and guidance control : a reply to Long / John Martin Fischer -- Free will : some bad news / Saul Smilansky -- Responsibility and practical reason / George Sher -- The metaphysics of collective agency / Todd Jones -- Moral judgment and volitional incapacity / Antti Kauppinen -- "So sick he deserves it" : desert, dangerousness, and character in the context of capital sentencing / Robert F. Schopp -- Types of terror bombing and shifting responsibility / Frances Kamm |
Summary |
Most philosophical explorations of responsibility discuss the topic solely in terms of metaphysics and the 'free will' problem. By contrast, these essays by leading philosophers view responsibility from a variety of perspectives - metaphysics ethics, action theory, and the philosophy of law |
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PHILOSOPHY/General |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Responsibility -- Congresses
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Ethics -- Congresses
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Criticism.
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Ethics
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Responsibility
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Verantwortung
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Metaphysik
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Ethik
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Handlungstheorie
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Verantwortung.
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Ethik.
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Metaphysik.
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Handlungstheorie.
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Campbell, Joseph Keim, 1958-
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O'Rourke, Michael, 1963-
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Silverstein, Harry, 1942-
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Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference (9th : 2006 : Pullman, Wash.; Moscow, Idaho)
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ISBN |
9780262289276 |
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026228927X |
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1282978381 |
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9781282978386 |
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9786612978388 |
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6612978384 |
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0262014734 |
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9780262014731 |
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0262289075 |
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9780262289078 |
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