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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820394503321

Autore

Fischer John Martin <1952->

Titolo

My way : essays on moral responsibility / / John Martin Fischer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-029260-1

0-19-773104-X

1-280-84535-X

0-19-534628-9

1-4294-3813-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Responsibility

Free will and determinism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction, A framework for moral respondibility -- Responsibility and alternative possibilities -- Responsiveness and moral responsibility -- Responsibility for omissions -- Responsibility and self-expression -- Frankfurt-style compatibilism -- Responsibility and agent-causation -- The transfer on nonresponsibility -- Transfer principles and moral responsibility -- Free will and moral responsibility -- 'Ought-implies-can,' causal determinism, and moral responsibility -- Responsibility and manipulation.

Sommario/riassunto

This selection of essays showcase John Martin Fischer's overall approach to freedom of the will and moral responsibility. The topics include: deliberation and practical reasoning, freedom of action, various notions of control and moral accountability.