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1 online resource (243 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Free Will and Determinism ; v. 6 |
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Routledge Library Editions: Free Will and Determinism
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Concept Of Moral Responsibility; Senses Of Responsibility; Agent Worth; Moral Responsibility; Accountability; States Versus Actions; 3 Causal And Moral Responsibility; Unavoidability And Responsibility; Compulsion And Responsibility; Irresistibility; Character Versus Act Evaluation; Effort And Responsibility; 4 Intention And Moral Responsibility; Character And Action; The Effort-Thesis; Unavoidability And Necessity; 5 Addiction |
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Analysis Of Addictive BehaviorTypes Of Addiction; Addiction, Compulsion, Impotence; 6 Power; Power And Control; The Common Conception Of Freedom; Two Notions Of Power; Compatibilist Analyses Of Power; Desire And Ability; Power And Freedom; Power And Possibility; Moral Considerations; 7 Contingent Necessity; Types Of Necessity; Unalterability; Contingent Necessity And The Necessityof The Past; Contingent Necessity And Moral Responsibility; The Use Of Contingent Necessity In Reasoning; A System Of Contingent Necessity; De Dicto Versus De Re Necessity; Deterministic Accounts And Events |
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Necessity As An OperatorCausal Necessity Again; Semantical Considerations; 8 Laws As Necessary Truths; The Significance Of The Necessity- Regularity Controversy; The Significance Of Alternative Semantic Accounts; Direct Evidence For Necessitarianism; Indirect Evidence For Necessitarianism; 9 The Regularity Theory Of Laws; Defense Of The Regularity Theory; Deterministic Accounts; Causal Priority; Superfluity And Axiom Economy Requirements On Laws; Causal Considerations; Comprehensiveness Requirement; 10 Autonomy; Freedom And Effort; Identification; Manipulation And Ownership |
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Autonomy And Moral ResponsibilityMental Health; Other Accounts Of Responsibility For Will; Effort Revisited; Psychopathology; Prima Facie And Full Responsibility; 11 Responsibility And Psychological Theory; Belief And Responsibility; Cognitive Psychology; A World Without Belief; Conclusion; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
"This book, first published in 1987, is about the classic free will problem, construed in terms of the implications of moral responsibility. The principal thesis is that the core issue is metaphysical: can scientific laws postulate objectively necessary connections between an action and its causal antecedents? The author concludes they cannot, and that, therefore, free will and determinism can be reconciled."--Provided by publisher |
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Print version record |
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Responsibility.
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Necessity
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Free will and determinism.
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Personal Autonomy
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PHILOSOPHY -- Free Will & Determinism.
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Free will and determinism
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Necessity (Philosophy)
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Responsibility
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351785327 |
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135178532X |
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