1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463797903321

Autore

Waller Bruce N. <1946->

Titolo

The stubborn system of moral responsibility / / Bruce N. Waller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-262-32741-4

0-262-32740-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Responsibility

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"The philosophical commitment to moral responsibility seems unshakable. But, argues Bruce Waller, the philosophical belief in moral responsibility is much stronger than the philosophical arguments in favor of it. Philosophers have tried to make sense of moral responsibility for centuries, with mixed results. Most contemporary philosophers insist that even conclusive proof of determinism would not and should not result in doubts about moral responsibility. Many embrace compatibilist views, and propose an amazing variety of competing compatibilist arguments for saving moral responsibility. In this provocative book, Waller examines the stubborn philosophical belief in moral responsibility, surveying the philosophical arguments for it but focusing on the system that supports these arguments: powerful social and psychological factors that hold the belief in moral responsibility firmly in place. Waller argues that belief in moral responsibility is not isolated but rather is a central element of a larger belief system; doubting or rejecting moral responsibility will involve major adjustments elsewhere in a wide range of beliefs and values. Belief in moral responsibility is one strand of a complex and closely woven fabric of belief, comprising threads from biology, psychology,



social institutions, criminal justice, religion, and philosophy. These dense interconnections, Waller contends, make it very difficult to challenge the belief in moral responsibility at the center. They not only influence the philosophical arguments in favor of moral responsibility but also add powerful extraphilosophical support for it"--Publisher's description.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910713901003321

Autore

Nicholson Robert S.

Titolo

Review of selected references and data sets on ambient ground- and surface-water quality in the Metedeconk River, Toms River, and Kettle Creek basins, New Jersey, 1980-2001 / / by Robert S. Nicholson, Kathryn Hunchak-Kariouk, and Stephen J. Cauller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Trenton, New Jersey : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2003

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 37 pages) : maps

Collana

Water-resources investigations report ; ; 03-4259

Soggetti

Water - Pollution - New Jersey - Ocean County

Groundwater - Pollution - New Jersey - Ocean County

Water quality - New Jersey - Ocean County

Groundwater - Pollution

Water - Pollution

Water quality

Metedeconk River Watershed (N.J.)

Toms River Watershed (N.J.)

Kettle Creek Watershed (N.J.)

New Jersey Ocean County

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 37).



3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00213435

Autore

Agnew, John A.

Titolo

Gli Stati Uniti nell'economia mondiale / John Agnew

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Franco Angeli, 1989. 268 p. ; 24 cm.

ISBN

88-204-3268-4

Soggetti

Stati Uniti - Economia internazionale - Sec. 20

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia