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The non-reality of free will / Richard Double.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Double, Richard, author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Free will and determinism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (260 pages)
Place of Publication:
New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This monograph offers an argument concerning free will and moral responsibility which identifies hierarchical compatibilism - a view espoused by such philosophers as Neely, Watson, Levin and Dennett - as the most plausible account of free will.
Contents:
Contents; 1 Introduction; 1. The Problem of the Reality of Free Will; 2. Definitions of Terms; 3. Overview of the Text; 2 A Compatibilist Account of Free Will; 3 Does Freedom Require Morality?; 4 Compatibilism and Moral Responsibility; 5 Free Will as an Exemplar Concept; 6 Meta-Compatibilism; 7 An Argument for Moral Non-Realism; 8 Troubles with Libertarianism; 9 Conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX
Notes:
Bibliography: p235-241. _ Includes index.
Previously issued in print: 1990.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-241) and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
0-19-773111-2
1-280-52508-8
0-19-536233-0
OCLC:
476014691

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