Responsibility and the Moral Sentiments

R. Jay Wallace

ISBN 10: 0674766237 / ISBN 13: 9780674766235

Edité par Harvard University Press Feb 1998, 1998

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Neuware - R. Jay Wallace advances a powerful and sustained argument against the common view that accountability requires freedom of will. Instead, he maintains, the fairness of holding people responsible depends on their rational competence: the power to grasp moral reasons and to control their behavior accordingly. He shows how these forms of rational competence are compatible with determinism. At the same time, giving serious consideration to incompatibilist concerns, Wallace develops a compelling diagnosis of the common assumption that freedom is necessary for responsibility.

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• Titre: Responsibility and the Moral Sentiments
• Éditeur: Harvard University Press Feb 1998
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0674766237
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780674766235
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 229 L x 145 H x 17 P (en millimètres) 229 millimètres de largeur par 145 millimètres de hauteur par 17 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 444 grammes

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Synopsis

R. Jay Wallace advances a powerful and sustained argument against the common view that accountability requires freedom of will. Instead, he maintains, the fairness of holding people responsible depends on their rational competence: the power to grasp moral reasons and to control their behavior accordingly. He shows how these forms of rational competence are compatible with determinism. At the same time, giving serious consideration to incompatibilist concerns, Wallace develops a compelling diagnosis of the common assumption that freedom is necessary for responsibility.

À propos de l?auteur

R. Jay Wallace is Professor of Philosophy at the Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin.