Against moral responsibility / Bruce N. Waller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waller, Bruce N., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Responsibility.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

xi, 352 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]

Contents:

1 Moral Responsibility 1

2 The Basic Argument against Moral Responsibility 19

3 Rescuing Free Will from Moral Responsibility 43

4 Hierarchical Free Will and Natural Authenticity 59

5 Moral Responsibility in the Gaps 75

6 Taking Responsibility 103

7 Responsibility for the Self You Make 115

8 The Illusory Benefits of Moral Responsibility 133

9 Character-Fault and Blame-Fault 153

10 What Does Not Follow from the Denial of Moral Responsibility: Living Morally without Moral Responsibility 179

11 The Moral Responsibility System 203

12 Begging the Question for Moral Responsibility 221

13 Does Moral Responsibility Promote Respect? 239

14 Creative Authorship without Ultimate Responsibility 257

15 A World without Moral Responsibility 277

16 Is It Possible to Eliminate Moral Responsibility? 305.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-346) and index.

ISBN:

9780262016599

0262016591

OCLC:

707886961