Robert J. Hartman

In Defense of Moral Luck

Why Luck Often Affects Praiseworthiness and Blameworthiness

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The problem of moral luck is there is a contradiction in our common sense idea of moral responsibility. We believe that a person can become more blameworthy as a matter of luck. Nevertheless, the idea that luck affects moral responsibility contradicts another feature of our thinking: A person's blameworthiness cannot be affected by that which is not within her control. This book defends the claim that luck in results, circumstance, and character can partially determine the degree of a person's blameworthiness. It provides a unique way to advance the debate about moral luck by appealing to arguments in metaphysics, epistemology, ethical theory, and moral psychology.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781138293441
• ISBN-10: 113829344X
• Artikelnr.: 47858831

Autorenporträt

Robert J. Hartman received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from St. Louis University in 2016 and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow with the Gothenburg Responsibility Project at the University of Gothenburg. His main interests include moral responsibility, ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. His research has been published or is forthcoming in Philosophical Studies, Philosophia, and the Journal of Philosophical Research.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introducing the Problem of Moral Luck
2. The Concept of Moral Luck
3. Against the Skeptical Denial of Moral Luck
4. Against the Non-Skeptical Denial of Moral Luck
5. In Defense of Moral Luck
6. Error Theory for the Luck-Free Intuition