1st Edition

Moral Responsibility The Ways of Scepticism

By Carlos Moya Copyright 2006
246 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

We are strongly inclined to believe in moral responsibility - the idea that certain human agents truly deserve moral praise or blame for some of their actions. However, recent philosophical discussion has put this natural belief under suspicion, and there are important reasons for thinking that moral responsibility is incompatible with both determinism and indeterminism, therefore potentially... Read more

Acknowledgements.  Introduction: Scepticism about Moral Responsibility (SMR)  1. Determinism and Alternative Possibilities (SMR’s premises A and B)  2. Alternative Possibilities and Moral Responsibility (SMR’s premise B)  3. Moral Responsibility and Control (SMR’s premise B)  4. Indeterminism and Moral Responsibility (SMR’s premise C)  5. Overcoming Scepticism? Belief and Moral Responsibility.  Conclusion.  References

Biography

Carlos Moya