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Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
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Routledge
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How and to what degree are we responsible for our characters, our lives, our misfortunes, our relationships and our children? This question is at the heart of "Moral Responsibility". The book explores accusations and denials of moral responsibility for particular acts, responsibility for character, and the role of luck and fate in ethics. Moral responsibility as the grounds for a retributivist... Read more
Introduction Part I: Retrospective responsibility 1. Defining retrospective responsibility 2. Responsibility for mistakes 3. Apology and forgiveness 4. Punishment 5. Moral Luck Part II: Prospective responsibility 6. Role-responsibility 7. Responsibility for strangers 8. Learning to love Conclusion Notes Bibliography
Biography
Christopher Cowley
