Relative justice : cultural diversity, free will, and moral responsibility / Tamler Sommers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sommers, Tamler, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Responsibility--Cross-cultural studies.

Responsibility.

Skepticism.

Ethics.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 230 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2012]

Summary:

"Many philosophers and social scientists have powerful, provocative ideas, and many are captivating writers. Few have both talents. Tamler Sommers is one of the few. This book is brash, fascinating, and a delight to devour."--Shaun Nichols, University of Arizona -- "This is a genuinely new contribution to philosophy, a breakthrough in the use of cross-cultural diversity as a way of thinking about the problem of free will and its implications. Tamler Sommers offers a radically new methodological paradigm for thinking about free will, as well as an original and significant discussion of the possibility of living without the belief in free will and moral responsibility. Sommers is a gifted author, and the book is a pleasure to read."--Saul Smilansky, University of Haifa -- "This is a work of very high quality--a thoughtful, informed, and novel exploration of the contemporary literature on moral responsibility."--Ronald Mallon, University of Utah

Contents:

The appeal to intuition

Moral responsibility and the culture of honor

Shame cultures, collectivist societies, original sin, and pharaoh's hardened heart

Can the variation be explained away?

Where do we go from here?

A metaskeptical analysis of libertarianism and compatibilism

A very tentative metaskeptical endorsement of eliminativism about moral responsibility.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691139937

0691139938

OCLC:

712591134