Responsibility and Control: A Theory of Moral Responsibility - Brossura

Fischer, John Martin

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ISBN 10: 0521775795 ISBN 13: 9780521775793

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive, systematic theory of moral responsibility. The authors explore the conditions under which individuals are morally responsible for actions, omissions, consequences, and emotions. The leading idea in the book is that moral responsibility is based on 'guidance control'. This control has two components: the mechanism that issues in the relevant behavior must be the agent's own mechanism, and it must be appropriately responsive to reasons. The book develops an account of both components. The authors go on to offer a sustained defense of the thesis that moral responsibility is compatible with causal determinism.

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Recensione:

' ... the most likely sophisticated of its kind to date and is likely to have considerable influence on future philosophical discussions of both moral and legal responsibility.' The Times Literary Supplement

Descrizione del libro:

Provides a comprehensive, systematic theory of moral responsibility which explores the conditions under which individuals are morally responsible for actions, omissions, consequences, and emotions.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521775795
• ISBN 13: 9780521775793
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288