Determinism, blameworthiness, and deprivation / Martha Klein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klein, Martha, author.

Series:

Oxford philosophical monographs.

Oxford philosophical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free will and determinism.

Responsibility.

Deprivation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 256 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2002]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text is designed to cast a new light on the traditional disagreement between those who hold that we cannot be morally responsible for our actions if they are causally determined, and those who deny this.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction

1 The compatibilist and the could-have­acted-otherwise condition

2 Frankfurt, van Inwagen, and the could-have-acted-otherwise condition

3 The incompatibilist, the could-have­acted-otherwise condition, and the U-condition

4 Are we committed to a U-condition for blameworthiness?

5 Can the U-condition for blameworthiness be fulfilled ?

6 What should we do about our commitment to the U-condition?

7 A compatibilist principle for just blaming

Appendix Freedom, Moral Responsibility, and Motivation in the Critique of Practical Reason

Outline of Kant's argument in the first chapter of the Critique of Practical Reason

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-80998-1

9786610809981

OCLC:

1027203685