Against moral responsibility / Bruce N. Waller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waller, Bruce N., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Responsibility.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Here, Bruce Waller launches a spirited attack on a system that is profoundly entrenched in our society and its institutions deeply rooted in our emotions, and vigorously defended by philosophers from ancient times to the present.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Moral Responsibility

Chapter 2. The Basic Argument against Moral Responsibility

Chapter 3. Rescuing Free Will from Moral Responsibility

Chapter 4. Hierarchical Free Will and Natural Authenticity

Chapter 5. Moral Responsibility in the Gaps

Chapter 6. Taking Responsibility

Chapter 7. Responsibility for the Self You Make

Chapter 8. The Illusory Benefits of Moral Responsibility

Chapter 9. Character-Fault and Blame-Fault

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

Chapter 11. The Moral Responsibility System

Chapter 12. Begging the Question for Moral Responsibility

Chapter 13. Does Moral Responsibility Promote Respect?

Chapter 14. Creative Authorship without Ultimate Responsibility

Chapter 15. A World without Moral Responsibility

Chapter 16. Is It Possible to Eliminate Moral Responsibility?

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-29807-4

1-283-30291-8

9786613302915

0-262-29894-5

OCLC:

759416113