Rationality, control, and freedom : making sense of human freedom / Curran F. Douglass.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglass, Curran Fletcher, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty.

Free will and determinism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Madison, New Jersey ; Teaneck, New Jersey : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>This book provides a concise, clear summary of the history of the ""free will"" vs. determinism controversy and offers a discussion of the basic differences of view. </span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: An Old Controversy; Chapter Two: The Consequence Argument; Chapter Three: Problems with Incompatibilism; Chapter Four: Modern Compatibilism; Chapter Five: Toward a Theory of Freedom; Chapter Six: Three Perspectives on Rationality; Chapter Seven: Rational Selves Emerge; Chapter Eight: How Rationality Enlarges Freedom; Chapter Nine: Doing Otherwise; Chapter Ten: Doing Well; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61147-838-3