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The Metasphysics of Free Will: An Essay on Control (Aristotelian Society Monographs) - Softcover

Fischer, John Martin

 
9781557868572: The Metasphysics of Free Will: An Essay on Control (Aristotelian Society Monographs)
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ISBN 10: 1557868573 ISBN 13: 9781557868572
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 1995

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The Metaphysics of Free Will provides a through statement of the major grounds for skepticism about the reality of free will and moral responsibility. The author identifies and explains the sort of control that is associated with personhood and accountability, and shows how it is consistent with causal determinism. In so doing, out view of ourselves as morally responsible agents is protected against the disturbing changes posed by science and religion.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John Martin Fischer is Professor of Philosophy, University of California at Riverside. His previous publications include The Metephysics of Death (1993), Ethics: Problems and Principles (1991), and Moral Responsibility (1986).

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The Metaphysics of Free Will provides a through statement of the major grounds for skepticism about the reality of free will and moral responsibility. The author identifies and explains the sort of control that is associated with personhood and accountability, and shows how it is consistent with causal determinism. In so doing, out view of ourselves as morally responsible agents is protected against the disturbing changes posed by science and religion.

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The Metaphysics of Free Will provides a through statement of the major grounds for skepticism about the reality of free will and moral responsibility. The author identifies and explains the sort of control that is associated with personhood and accountability, and shows how it is consistent with causal determinism. In so doing, out view of ourselves as morally responsible agents is protected against the disturbing changes posed by science and religion.

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Verlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1557868573
ISBN 13 
9781557868572
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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