Responsibility and control: a theory of moral responsibility

This book provides a comprehensive, systematic theory of moral responsibility. The authors explore the conditions under which individuals are morally responsible for actions, omissions, consequences, and emotions. The leading idea in the book is that moral responsibility is based on 'guidance c...

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Main Authors: Fischer, John Martin 1952- (Author), Ravizza, Mark 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1998
Series:Cambridge studies in philosophy and law
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511814594
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511814594
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511814594
Summary:This book provides a comprehensive, systematic theory of moral responsibility. The authors explore the conditions under which individuals are morally responsible for actions, omissions, consequences, and emotions. The leading idea in the book is that moral responsibility is based on 'guidance control'. This control has two components: the mechanism that issues in the relevant behavior must be the agent's own mechanism, and it must be appropriately responsive to reasons. The book develops an account of both components. The authors go on to offer a sustained defense of the thesis that moral responsibility is compatible with causal determinism
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 277 Seiten)
ISBN:9780511814594
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511814594

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