Freedom Determinism And Responsibility

Author : Neil Campbell
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 0130485179

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Freedom, Determinism, and Responsibility by Neil Campbell Pdf

This collection introduces the central views and issues involved in the philosophical problem of free will. While the selections represent some of the most important works in the field, they are also accessible enough for readers with very little background in philosophy. KEY TOPICS: Includes classical and contemporary readings to give readers a feel both for the history of the problem and how it is confronted by modern philosophers. Includes section-opening introductions that provide more detailed explanations of subsequent readings than most philosophy books.Features a broad historical perspective that is not restricted to the philosophical views of a particular century. Presents diverse views on issues discussed. MARKET: A readable, comprehensive reference for anyone interested in learning about philosophy.

Author : John Lemos
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781603849869

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Freedom, Responsibility, and Determinism by John Lemos Pdf

John Lemos' Freedom, Responsibility, and Determinism offers an up-to-date introduction to free will (and associated) debates in an engaging, dialogic format that recommends it for use by beginning students in philosophy as well as by undergraduates in intermediate courses in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and action theory.

Author : Susanne Bobzien
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192636560

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Determinism, Freedom, and Moral Responsibility by Susanne Bobzien Pdf

Determinism, Freedom, and Moral Responsibility brings together nine essays on determinism, freedom and moral responsibility in antiquity by Susanne Bobzien. The essays present the main ancient theories of determinism, freedom, and moral responsibility ranging from Aristotle via Epicureans and Stoics to Alexander of Aphrodisias in the third century CE. The author discusses questions about rational and autonomous human agency and their compatibility with preceding causes, external or internal; with external impediments; with divine predetermination and theological questions; with physical theories like atomism and continuum theory, and with the sciences more generally; with elements that determine character development from childhood, such as nature and nurture; with epistemic features such as ignorance of circumstances; with necessity and modal theories generally; with folk theories of fatalism; and also with questions of how human autonomous agency is related to moral development, virtue and wisdom, blame and praise. Historically unified, philosophically profound, and methodologically rigorous, Bobzien's discussions show that in classical and Hellenistic philosophy these topics were all debated without reference to freedom to do otherwise or to free will, and that the latter two notions were fully developed only later.

Author : Justin Caouette,Ishtiyaque Haji
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443853231

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Free Will and Moral Responsibility by Justin Caouette,Ishtiyaque Haji Pdf

Determinism is, roughly, the thesis that facts about the past and the laws of nature entail all truths. A venerable, age-old dilemma concerning responsibility distils to this: if either determinism is true or it is not true, we lack “responsibility-grounding” control. Either determinism is true or it is not true. So, we lack responsibility-grounding control. Deprived of such control, no one is ever morally responsible for anything. A number of the freshly-minted essays in this collection address aspects of this dilemma. Responding to the horn that determinism undermines the freedom that responsibility (or moral obligation) requires, the freedom to do otherwise, some papers in this collection debate the merits of Frankfurt-style examples that purport to show that one can be responsible despite lacking alternatives. Responding to the horn that indeterminism implies luck or randomness, other papers discuss the strengths or shortcomings of libertarian free will or control. Also included in this collection are essays on the freedom requirements of moral obligation, forgiveness and free will, a “desert-free” conception of free will, and vicarious legal and moral responsibility. The authors of the essays in this volume are philosophers who have made significant contributions to debates in free will, moral responsibility, moral obligation, the reactive attitudes, philosophy of action, and philosophical psychology, and include John Martin Fischer, Robert Kane, Michael McKenna, Alfred Mele, and Derk Pereboom.

Author : John Lemos
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781603849302

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Freedom, Responsibility, and Determinism by John Lemos Pdf

John Lemos "Freedom, Responsibility & Determinism" offers an up-to-date introduction to free will (and associated) debates in an engaging, dialogic format that recommends it for use by beginning students in philosophy as well as by undergraduates in intermediate courses in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and action theory.

Author : Bernard Berofsky
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351785341

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Freedom from Necessity by Bernard Berofsky Pdf

This book, first published in 1987, is about the classic free will problem, construed in terms of the implications of moral responsibility. The principal thesis is that the core issue is metaphysical: can scientific laws postulate objectively necessary connections between an action and its causal antecedents? The author concludes they cannot, and that, therefore, free will and determinism can be reconciled.

Author : Joseph Keim Campbell,Michael O'Rourke,David Shier
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0262532573

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Freedom and Determinism by Joseph Keim Campbell,Michael O'Rourke,David Shier Pdf

A state-of-the-art collection of previously unpublished essays on the topics of determinism, free will, moral responsibility, and action theory, written by some of the most important figures in these fields of study.

Author : Herbert Morris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Free will and determinism
ISBN : NWU:35556001327261

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Freedom and Responsibility by Herbert Morris Pdf

Author : Hilary Bok
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400822737

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Freedom and Responsibility by Hilary Bok Pdf

Can we reconcile the idea that we are free and responsible agents with the idea that what we do is determined according to natural laws? For centuries, philosophers have tried in different ways to show that we can. Hilary Bok takes a fresh approach here, as she seeks to show that the two ideas are compatible by drawing on the distinction between practical and theoretical reasoning. Bok argues that when we engage in practical reasoning--the kind that involves asking "what should I do?" and sifting through alternatives to find the most justifiable course of action--we have reason to hold ourselves responsible for what we do. But when we engage in theoretical reasoning--searching for causal explanations of events--we have no reason to apply concepts like freedom and responsibility. Bok contends that libertarians' arguments against "compatibilist" justifications of moral responsibility fail because they describe human actions only from the standpoint of theoretical reasoning. To establish this claim, she examines which conceptions of freedom of the will and moral responsibility are relevant to practical reasoning and shows that these conceptions are not vulnerable to many objections that libertarians have directed against compatibilists. Bok concludes that the truth or falsity of the claim that we are free and responsible agents in the sense those conceptions spell out is ultimately independent of deterministic accounts of the causes of human actions. Clearly written and powerfully argued, Freedom and Responsibility is a major addition to current debate about some of philosophy's oldest and deepest questions.

Author : Gregg D. Caruso
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739177327

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Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility by Gregg D. Caruso Pdf

Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility investigates the philosophical and scientific arguments for free will skepticism and their implications. Skepticism about free will and moral responsibility has been on the rise in recent years. In fact, a significant number of philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists now either doubt or outright deny the existence of free will and/or moral responsibility—and the list of prominent skeptics appears to grow by the day. Given the profound importance that the concepts of free will and moral responsibility hold in our lives—in understanding ourselves, society, and the law—it is important that we explore what is behind this new wave of skepticism. It is also important that we explore the potential consequences of skepticism for ourselves and society. Edited by Gregg D. Caruso, this collection of new essays brings together an internationally recognized line-up of contributors, most of whom hold skeptical positions of some sort, to display and explore the leading arguments for free will skepticism and to debate their implications.

Author : John Martin Fischer,Mark Ravizza
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501721564

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Perspectives on Moral Responsibility by John Martin Fischer,Mark Ravizza Pdf

Explores aspects of responsibility, including moral accountability; hierarchy, rationality, and the real self; and ethical responsibility and alternative possibilities.

Author : Bruce N. Waller
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262016599

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Against Moral Responsibility by Bruce N. Waller Pdf

A vigorous attack on moral responsibility in all its forms argues that the abolition of moral responsibility will be liberating and beneficial. In Against Moral Responsibility, Bruce Waller launches a spirited attack on a system that is profoundly entrenched in our society and its institutions, deeply rooted in our emotions, and vigorously defended by philosophers from ancient times to the present. Waller argues that, despite the creative defenses of it by contemporary thinkers, moral responsibility cannot survive in our naturalistic-scientific system. The scientific understanding of human behavior and the causes that shape human character, he contends, leaves no room for moral responsibility. Waller argues that moral responsibility in all its forms—including criminal justice, distributive justice, and all claims of just deserts—is fundamentally unfair and harmful and that its abolition will be liberating and beneficial. What we really want—natural human free will, moral judgments, meaningful human relationships, creative abilities—would survive and flourish without moral responsibility. In the course of his argument, Waller examines the origins of the basic belief in moral responsibility, proposes a naturalistic understanding of free will, offers a detailed argument against moral responsibility and critiques arguments in favor of it, gives a general account of what a world without moral responsibility would look like, and examines the social and psychological aspects of abolishing moral responsibility. Waller not only mounts a vigorous, and philosophically rigorous, attack on the moral responsibility system, but also celebrates the benefits that would result from its total abolition.

Author : Nikol James Schultz,Carleton University. Dissertation. Philosophy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:290066032

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Freedom, Determinism, and Responsibility by Nikol James Schultz,Carleton University. Dissertation. Philosophy Pdf

Author : Derk Pereboom
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001-02-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139428705

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Living without Free Will by Derk Pereboom Pdf

Most people assume that, even though some degenerative or criminal behavior may be caused by influences beyond our control, ordinary human actions are not similarly generated, but rather are freely chosen, and we can be praiseworthy or blameworthy for them. A less popular and more radical claim is that factors beyond our control produce all of the actions we perform. It is this hard determinist stance that Derk Pereboom articulates in Living Without Free Will. Pereboom argues that our best scientific theories have the consequence that factors beyond our control produce all of the actions we perform, and that because of this, we are not morally responsible for any of them. He seeks to defend the view that morality, meaning and value remain intact even if we are not morally responsible, and furthermore, that adopting this perspective would provide significant benefit for our lives.

Author : Robert Young (Ph. D.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Free will and determinism
ISBN : UVA:X000013370

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Freedom, Responsibility, and God by Robert Young (Ph. D.) Pdf