The nature of moral responsibility : new essays / edited by Randolph Clarke, Michael McKenna, and Angela M. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clarke, Randolph K., editor.

McKenna, Michael, 1963- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Responsibility.

Physical Description:

vi, 306 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Summary:

What is it to be morally responsible for something? Recent philosophical work reveals considerable disagreement on the question. This volume presents twelve original essays from participants in these debates. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The Nature of Moral Responsibility: Some Frameworks

1 The Strains of Involvement / Neal A. Tognazzini Tognazzini, Neal A. 19

2 Varieties of Moral Responsibility / Michael J. Zimmerman Zimmerman, Michael J. 45

3 The Alethic Conception of Moral Responsibility / Gideon Rosen Rosen, Gideon 65

4 Forms and Conditions of Responsibility / T. M. Scanlon Scanlon, T. M.

Part II Quality of Will and the Deep Self

5 Ecumenical Attributability / David Shoemaker Shoemaker, David 115

6 Huckleberry Einn Revisited: Inverse Akrasia and Moral Ignorance / Nomy Arpaly Arpaly, Nomy 141

7 Appraisability, Attributability, and Moral Agency / Julia Driver Driver, Julia 157

8 Dual-Process Theory and Moral Responsibility / Holly M. Smith Smith, Holly M. 175

Part III Responsibility in Practice: Communication, Substantive Responsibility, and Moral Desert

9 Blame, Communication, and Morally Responsible Agency / Coleen Macnamara Macnamara, Coleen 211

10 Responsibility, Conversation, and Communication / George Sher Sher, George 237

11 Contractualism and the Roots of Responsibility / Rahul Kumar Kumar, Rahul 251

12 A Notion of Moral Responsibility Immune to the Threat from Causal Determination / Derk Pereboom Pereboom, Derk 281.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199998074

0199998078

OCLC:

900306445