Free Will and Values (Suny Series in Philosophy)

Robert Kane

ISBN 10: 088706101X / ISBN 13: 9780887061011

Edité par State Univ of New York Pr, 1985

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Synopsis :

This book shows how two topics of longstanding philosophical interest―free will and value relativism―are connected in unsuspected ways. The ancient doctrine that all values are relative provides clues needed to resolve some important philosophical problems about free will. One of these problems concerns theories that deny the compatibility of free will and determinism; it is often said that such "incompatibilist" theories involve obscure conceptions of agency and are essentially mysterious. The book answers this charge by developing―in greater detail than has ever been attempted before―an incompatibilist theory of freedom consistent with current scientific evidence, avoiding all appeals to obscure or mysterious forms of agency. This theory exploits neglected clues in the history of philosophy about free will and action, objectivity and relativism in ethics, and about the foundations of liberalism in political theory.

À propos de l?auteur: R. Kane is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Free Will and Values (Suny Series in ...
Éditeur : State Univ of New York Pr
Date d'édition : 1985
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Fair
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket