Responsibility and the Moral Sentiments.

Wallace, R. Jay:

ISBN 10: 0674766237 / ISBN 13: 9780674766235

Published by Harvard University Press, 1998

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275 pp. good condition. - 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. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 900.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Responsibility and the Moral Sentiments.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674766237
• ISBN 13: 9780674766235
• Binding: 8° , Broschiert
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Weight: 900 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophie

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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.

About the Author

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