Moral appraisability : puzzles, proposals, and perplexities / Ishtiyaque Haji.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haji, Ishtiyaque, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Free will and determinism.

Responsibility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores a central question of moral philosophy, addressing whether we are morally responsible for certain kinds of actions, intentional omissions and the consequences deriving therefrom. Haji distinguishes between moral responsibility and a more restrictive category, moral appraisability.

Contents:

CONTENTS; ONE: Introduction; TWO: Appraisability, Alternative Possibilities, and Ultimate Control; THREE: Moral Obligation and Alternative Possibilities; FOUR: Appraisability and Control; FIVE: Appraisability, Autonomy, and Control; SIX: Appraisability and Induced Pro-Attitudes; SEVEN: Authentic Evaluative Schemes; EIGHT: Knowledge and Appraisability; NINE: An Epistemic Dimension of Appraisability; TEN: Assembling the Elements; ELEVEN: Varieties of Normative Appraisability; TWELVE: Blameworthiness, Character, and Cultural Norms; THIRTEEN: Addiction and Control

FOURTEEN: On Being Appraisable for the Thoughts of One's Dream Self; FIFTEEN: Wrapping Up: Some Final Thoughts; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-267) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773093-0

1-280-45409-1

0-19-535416-8

0-585-24564-9

OCLC:

476010196