Determinism, Blameworthiness, and Deprivation

ISBN-13: 9780198248347 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 240 str.

Martha Klein

Opis

This book casts new light on the traditional disagreement between those who hold that we cannot be morally responsible for our actions if they are causally determined, and those who deny this. Klein suggests that reflection on the relation between justice and deprivation offers a way out of this perplexity.

Recenzje

`This book is chock full of ideas and arguments. There is a little something here for anyone interested in action, free action, responsibility, decision makin, and the practice of blaming ... Not only is the book wide-ranging, it is refreshingly open-minded about issues that tend to inspire rather dogmatic partisanship ... it stimulated me to reconsider my own views on many of the issues it discusses ... I believe Klein's proposal reflects an insight well worth underscoring.' The Philosophical Review

Spis treści

Introduction; The compatabilist and the could-have-acted-otherwise condition; Frankfurt, van Inwagen and the could-have-acted-otherwise condition; The compatabilist, the could-have-acted-otherwise condition and the U-condition; Are we committed to a U-condition for blameworthiness?; Can the U-condition for blameworthiness be fulfilled?; What should we do about our commitment to the U-condition?; A compatabilist principle for just blaming; Appendix; Index; Bibliography