1st Edition
Responsibility Collapses Why Moral Responsibility is Impossible
By Stephen Kershnar
Copyright 2024
324 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
324 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
324 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Our worldview assumes that people are morally responsible. Our emotions, beliefs, and values assume that a person is responsible for what she thinks and does, and that this is a good thing. This book argues that this worldview is false. It provides four arguments for this conclusion that build on the free will and responsibility literatures in original and insightful ways:
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Introduction
Part 1: Nature
1. Nature
Part 2: Impossibility
2. Foundation
3. Epistemic Condition
4. Internalism
5. Practical Reasoning
Part 3: Other Theories
6. Explaining Other Arguments
7. Guidance Control
Part 4: Amount of Responsibility
8. Amount
9. Aggregation
Part 5: Implications
10. Implications
Part 6: Appendices
Appendix One: Externalism and Counterfactuals
Appendix Two: Externalism and Backtracking
Biography
Stephen Kershnar is a distinguished teaching professor in the philosophy department at the State University of New York at Fredonia and an attorney. He focuses on applied ethics and political philosophy.
