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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820123203321

Autore

Double Richard

Titolo

The non-reality of free will / / Richard Double

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991

ISBN

0-19-773111-2

1-280-52508-8

0-19-536233-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

123/.5

Soggetti

Free will and determinism

Responsibility

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliography: p235-241. _ Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1990.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 1. The Problem of the Reality of Free Will; 2. Definitions of Terms; 3. Overview of the Text; 2 A Compatibilist Account of Free Will; 3 Does Freedom Require Morality?; 4 Compatibilism and Moral Responsibility; 5 Free Will as an Exemplar Concept; 6 Meta-Compatibilism; 7 An Argument for Moral Non-Realism; 8 Troubles with Libertarianism; 9 Conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph offers an argument concerning free will and moral responsibility which identifies hierarchical compatibilism - a view espoused by such philosophers as Neely, Watson, Levin and Dennett - as the most plausible account of free will.