The significance of free will / Robert Kane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kane, Robert, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free will and determinism.

Responsibility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kane offers a provocative and original account of the issues surrounding free will and moral responsibility. He presents a version of the 'incompatibilist' or 'libertarian' view of free will, defending the classic view of free will as 'the power of agents to be the ultimate creators and sustainers of their own ends and purposes'.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""1. Introduction""; ""I. The Ascent Problem: Compatibility and Significance""; ""2. Will""; ""3. Responsibility""; ""4. Alternative Possibilities""; ""5. Ultimate Responsibility""; ""6. Significance""; ""II. The Descent Problem: Intelligibility and Existence""; ""7. Plurality and Indeterminism""; ""8. Moral and Prudential Choice""; ""9. Efforts, Purposes, and Practical Reason""; ""10. Objections and Responses""; ""11. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""

""Q""""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988035-2

0-19-986850-6

0-585-36392-7

9786610655021

1-280-65502-X

0-19-802652-8

0-585-27836-9

OCLC:

922952879