Dana Kay Nelkin presents a new account of freedom and moral responsibility, based on the view that one is responsible for an action if and only if one actswith the ability to recognize and act for good reasons. She responds to various challenges to the idea that we are free and responsible, and reaffirms our conception of ourselves as agents. INDICE: Introduction; 1: A Rational Abilities View of Responsibility; 2: Deep Assessment and Good Action; 3: Abilities; 4: A Compatibilist Account of Agent Causation; 5: A Rationale for the Rational Abilities View: Praise, Blame, and the Ought Implies Can Principle; 6: Deliberation and Alternatives; 7: The Sense of Freedom, or Acting under the Idea of Freedom; Concluding Thoughts; Bibliography; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-960856-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés