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Free will

Author: Gary Watson
Publisher: Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2003.
Series: Oxford readings in philosophy.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2. ed., 1. publ., reprintedView all editions and formats
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The new edition of this highly successful text will once again provide the ideal introduction to free will. This volume brings together some of the most influential contributions to the topic of free  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Gary Watson
ISBN: 019925494X 9780199254941
OCLC Number: 248456506
Notes: Includes index.
Previous ed.: 1982.
Description: VI, 462 S ; 21cm.
Contents: Introduction; 1. Human Freedom and the Self; 2. An Argument for Incompatibilism; 3. Free Will, Praise and Blame; 4. Freedom and Resentment; 5. Towards a Reasonable Libertarianism; 6. Are We Free to Break the Laws?; 7. Freedom and Practical Reason; 8. Alternative Possibilities and Moral Responsibility; 9. Libertarianism and Frankfurt's Attack on the Principle of Alternative Possibilities; 10. Frankfurt-Style Compatibilism; 11. The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility; 12. Freedom; 13. Agent Causation; 14. Toward a Credible Agent-Causal Account of Free Will; 15. Responsibility, Luck, and Chance: Reflections on Free Will and Indeterminism; 16. Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person; 17. Free Agency; 18. The Significance of Choice; 19. Sanity and the Metaphysics of Responsibility; 20. Freedom in Belief and Desire; 21. Freedom of Will and Freedom of Action; 22. Addiction as Defect of the Will: Some Philosophical Reflections; Notes on the contributors; Selected bibliography; Index of names
Series Title: Oxford readings in philosophy.
Responsibility: ed. by Gary Watson.
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