Free Will
Published on 24. February 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
78 pages
978-1-108-98713-4 (ISBN)
Description
This Element provides a thorough overview of the free will debate as it currently stands. After distinguishing the main senses of the term 'free will' invoked in that debate, it proceeds to set out the prominent versions of the main positions, libertarianism, compatibilism, and free will skepticism, and then to discuss the main objections to these views. Particular attention is devoted to the controversy concerning whether the ability to do otherwise is required for moral responsibility and whether it is compatible with determinism, and to manipulation arguments against compatibilism. Two areas in which the free will debate has practical implications are discussed in detail, personal relationships and criminal justice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
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Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
128 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-98713-4 (9781108987134)
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Content
1. The Free Will Debate; 2. Libertarianism; 3. Compatibilism; 4. The Ability to Do Otherwise; 5. Does Moral Responsibility Require Alternative Possibilities?; 6. The Manipulation Argument against Compatibilism; 7. Free Will Skepticism; 8. Free Will and Personal Relationships; 9. Free Will and Crime; 10. Final Words.