Manuel Vargas presents a compelling and state-of-the-art defense of moral responsibility in the face of growing philosophical and scientific skepticism about free will and accountability. He shows how we can justify our responsibility practices, and provides a normatively and naturalistically adequate account of agency, blame, and desert.
Manuel Vargas presents a compelling and state-of-the-art defense of moral responsibility in the face of growing philosophical and scientific skepticism about free will and accountability. He shows how we can justify our responsibility practices, and provides a normatively and naturalistically adequate account of agency, blame, and desert.
Manuel Vargas is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco. His principal areas of research include responsibility, moral psychology, and Latin American philosophy. He received his joint-PhD in philosophy from Stanford University. He is the co-author of Four Views on Free Will (Blackwell, 2007) with John Fischer, Robert Kane, and Derk Pereboom, and co-editor of Rational and Social Agency: On Themes in the Philosophy of Michael Bratman (OUP, forthcoming) with Gideon Yaffe.
Inhaltsangabe
PART I. Building Blocks 1: Folk Convictions 2: Doubts About Libertarianism 3: Nihilism and Revisionism 4: Building a Better Theory PART II. A Theory of Moral Responsibility 5: The Primacy of Reasons 6: Justifying the Practice 7: Responsible Agency 8: Blame and Desert 9: History and Manipulation 10: Some Conclusions Appendix: Activity and Origination
PART I. Building Blocks 1: Folk Convictions 2: Doubts About Libertarianism 3: Nihilism and Revisionism 4: Building a Better Theory PART II. A Theory of Moral Responsibility 5: The Primacy of Reasons 6: Justifying the Practice 7: Responsible Agency 8: Blame and Desert 9: History and Manipulation 10: Some Conclusions Appendix: Activity and Origination
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