The Significance of Free Will

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-19-510550-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 609 g

Kane offers a provocative and original account of the issues surrounding free will and moral responsibility. He presents a version of the "incompatibilist" or "libertarian" view of free will, defending the classic view of free will as "the power of agents to be the ultimate creators and sustainers of their own ends and purposes" against a wide range of modern critics. This book also serves as a comprehensive survey of recent controversies about free will, covering most of the debates of the past 25 years.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kane, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Introduction

- I. The Ascent Problem:Compatibility and Significance

- 2: Will

- 3: Responsibility

- 4: Alternative Possibilities

- 5: Ultimate Responsibility

- 6: Significance

- II. The Descent Problem: Intelligibility and Existence

- 7: Plurality and Indeterminism

- 8: Moral and Prudential Choice

- 9: Efforts, Purposes, and Practical Reason

- 10: Objections and Responses

- 11: Conclusion

- Notes

- References

- Index