1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458632003321

Titolo

Action, ethics, and responsibility [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, and Harry S. Silverstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2010

ISBN

0-262-28907-5

1-282-97838-1

9786612978388

0-262-28927-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Collana

Topics in contemporary philosophy

Altri autori (Persone)

CampbellJoseph Keim <1958->

O'RourkeMichael <1963->

SilversteinHarry <1942->

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Responsibility

Ethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Bradford book."

"The essays in this volume derive from presentations given at the ninth annual Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference  (INPC), held March 31-April 2, 2006 in Pullman, Washington and Moscow, Idaho"--Acknowledgments.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00385596

Titolo

Le forme del romanzo italiano e le letterature occidentali dal Sette al Novecento / a cura di Simona Costa, Monica Venturini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2 v. ; 23 cm

ISBN

978-88-467-2683-4

978-88-467-2684-1

Edizione

[Pisa : ETS]

Descrizione fisica

Atti del Convegno tenuto a Roma nel 2008

Disciplina

853.609

Soggetti

Congressi e convegni - Roma - 4 giugno 2008

ROMANZO - Italia - Sec. 18.-20. - Congressi - Roma - 2008

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia