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UNINA9910821009603321 |
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Autore |
Goetz Stewart |
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Titolo |
Freedom, teleology, and evil / / Stewart Goetz |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, NY, : Continuum, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-87576-0 |
9786612875762 |
1-4411-7183-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Collana |
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Continuum studies in philosophy of religion |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Free will and determinism - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Theodicy |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-212) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Noncausal Agency; 3 Noncausal Agency and its Critics; 4 Noncausal Agency and Problems of Luck; 5 The Principle of Alternative Possibilities; 6 Self-forming Choices, Life Plans, and the Problem of Evil; Notes; Bibliography; Subject Index; Name Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Freedom, Teleology, and Evil Stewart Goetz defends the existence of libertarian freedom of the will. He argues that choices are essentially uncaused events with teleological explanations in the form of reasons or purposes. Because choices are uncaused events with teleological explanations, whenever agents choose they are free to choose otherwise. Given this freedom to choose otherwise, agents are morally responsible for how they choose. Thus, Goetz advocates and defends the principle of alternative possibilities which states that agents are morally responsible for a choice only if th |
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