
Freedom Within Reason
Wolf(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 20. January 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-19-508565-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this work, the author argues that, contrary to the tradition in analytic philosophy, freedom of the will cannot be understood as a purely metaphysical notion. You enjoy freedom of the will only if you are in a position that enables you, not only to govern your actions on the basis of your own values, but also to develop and alter your values on the basis of the right data and by the right means. Accordingly, free will is the freedom to be good, or the freedom to do the right thing for the right reasons. This approach allows us to explain the failure of attempts to provide satisfactory metaphysical accounts of free will, whether compatibilist or incompatilist: the metaphysical conditions of freedom of the will vary in accordance with the value of the action in question.
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`unusual and challenging' Times Literary Supplement `brilliantly written and full of stimulating argument ... an important book that deserves a wide audience' Choice `wonderfully original and highly provocative' John Fischer, University of California, RiversideMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
196 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-508565-5 (9780195085655)
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