Action, Ethics, and ResponsibilityJoseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, Harry S. Silverstein Leading philosophers explore responsibility from a variety of perspectives, including metaphysics, action theory, and philosophy of law. Most philosophical explorations of responsibility discuss the topic solely in terms of metaphysics and the "free will" problem. By contrast, these essays by leading philosophers view responsibility from a variety of perspectives—metaphysics, ethics, action theory, and the philosophy of law. After a broad, framing introduction by the volume's editors, the contributors consider such subjects as responsibility as it relates to the "free will" problem; the relation between responsibility and knowledge or ignorance; the relation between causal and moral responsibility; the difference, if any, between responsibility for actions and responsibility for omissions; the metaphysical requirements for making sense of "collective" responsibility; and the relation between moral and legal responsibility. The contributors include such distinguished authors as Alfred R. Mele, John Martin Fischer, George Sher, and Frances Kamm, as well as important rising scholars. Taken together, the essays in Action, Ethics, and Responsibility offer a breadth of perspectives that is unmatched by other treatments of the topic. Contributors |
Contents
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2 A Reappraisal of the Doctrine of Doing and Allowing | 25 |
3 Killing John to Save Mary | 47 |
4 Making Up Ones Mind | 67 |
5 Conscious Intentions | 85 |
6 Lockes Compatibilism | 109 |
7 The Fall of the Mind Argument and Some Lessons about Freedom | 127 |
8 Selective Hard Compatibilism | 149 |
10 Free Will | 187 |
11 Responsibility and Practical Reason | 203 |
12 The Metaphysics of Collective Agency | 219 |
13 Moral Judgment and Volitional Incapacity | 235 |
14 So Sick He Deserves It | 259 |
15 Types of Terror Bombing and Shifting Responsibility | 281 |
Contributors | 295 |
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Action, Ethics, and Responsibility Joseph Keim Campbell,Michael O'Rourke,Harry S. Silverstein Limited preview - 2010 |