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Responsibility and the moral sentiments
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Responsibility and the moral sentiments

Author: R Jay Wallace
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st Harvard University Press pbk. edView all editions and formats
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The author advances the argument against the common view that accountability requires freedom of will. Instead, he maintains, the fairness of holding people responsible depends on their rational  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: R Jay Wallace
ISBN: 0674766237 9780674766235
OCLC Number: 42019198
Notes: Originally published 1994.
Description: xii, 275 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction The Problem The Solution Prospectus Emotions and Expectations The Approach Sketched Narrowing the Class Reactive and Nonreactive, Moral and Nonmoral Irrational Guilt Responsibility Responsibility, Blame, and Moral Sanction Responsibility and the Reactive Emotions The Reactive Account and Moral Judgment Methodological Interlude Understanding the Debate Strawson's Arguments Fairness Strategies Blameworthiness and the Excuses Excuses and Intentions Qualities of Will A Typology of Excuses Determinism and Excuses Accountability and the Exemptions Exemptions and Abilities Exemptions: Some Cases Determinism and Rational Powers Comparisons and Contrasts The Lure of Liberty Avoidability and Harm Opportunity and Possibility Difficulty and Control Oughts and Cans Conclusion Appendix: Further Emotional Vicissitudes Appendix: Alternate Possibilities Index
Responsibility: R. Jay Wallace.

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