1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Responsibility

Edited By Maximilian Kiener Copyright 2024
548 Pages
by Routledge

548 Pages
by Routledge

548 Pages
by Routledge

The philosophical inquiry of responsibility is a major and fast-growing field. It not only features questions around free will and moral agency but also addresses various challenges in the social, institutional, and legal contexts in which people are being held responsible. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Responsibility is an outstanding survey and exploration of these issues.... Read more

Introduction Maximilian Kiener

Part 1: The History of Responsibility

Section 1: Responsibility and Wrongdoing

1. Plato on Vice Marcel van Ackeren

2. Hegel on Guilt Mark Alznauer

Section 2: Responsibility and Determinism

3. The Stoics: What Kind of Responsibility is Compatible with Divine Providence? Rachana Kamtekar

4. Hobbes Against Bramhall: Moral Responsibility, Free Will, and Mechanistic Determination Thomas Pink

5. Hume on Free Will and Moral Responsibility Peter Millican

6. Sidgwick on Free Will and Ethics Anthony Skelton

Section 3: The Scope of Responsibility

7. Aristotle on Legal and Moral Responsibility: Interpretation and Reform Terence Irwin

8. Kant on Absolute Responsibility and Transcendental Freedom David Sussman

Section 4: Individuals and Society

9. Responsibility in Confucian Thought David Wong

10. Aquinas on Holding Others to Blame Jeffrey Hause

Part 2: The Theory of Responsibility

Section 5: The Concepts of Responsibility

11. Responsibility and Agency Maria Alvarez

12. Responsibility and Causation Alex Kaiserman

13. Responsibility and The Deep Self Monika Betzler

14. Responsibility and Emotion Andreas Carlsson

15. Varieties of Answerability Maximilian Kiener

Section 6: The Conditions and Challenges of Responsibility

16. The Consequences of Incompatibilism Patrick Todd

17. Free Will and The Case for Compatibilism Carolina Sartorio

18. Deliberation and the Possibility of Skepticism Simon-Pierre Chevarie-Cossette

19. Responsibility and Manipulation Massimo Renzo

20. Responsibility and Coercion Carla Bagnoli

21. Ignorance and the Epistemic Condition Daniel Miller

22. Moral Competence and Mental Disorder Lubomira Radoilska

23. Excuse, Capacity and Convention David Owens

Part 3: The Practice of Responsibility

Section 7: Being and Holding Responsible

24. Blaming Leonhard Menges

25. Communicating Praise Daniel Telech

26. The Standing to Blame Matt King

27. Apology and Forgiveness Andrea Westlund

28. Taking Responsibility Elinor Mason

29. Responsibility Without Blame Bruce Waller

30. Holding Responsible in the African Tradition: Reconciliation Applied to Punishment, Compensation, and Trials Thaddeus Metz

Section 8: The Ethics and Politics of Responsibility

31. Artificial Intelligence and the Imperative of Responsibility: Reconceiving AI Governance as Social Care Shannon Vallor and Bhargavi Ganesh

32. Moral Responsibility for Historical Injustice Michael Schefczyk

33. Corporate Digital Responsibility Alexander Filipović

34. Reckless Complicity: International Banks and Future Climate Henry Shue

35. Responsibility and Gender Paula Casal

Section 9: Responsibility in the Law

36. Legal and Moral Responsibility Peter Cane

37. The Voluntary Act Requirement in Criminal Law John Hyman

38. Strict Liability and Strict Responsibility Antony Duff

39. Responsibility and Pre-Trial Detention Kim Ferzan

40. Responsibility for Others Jenny Steele

41. Legitimate Divergence Between Moral and Criminal Blame Alexander Sarch.

Index

Biography

Maximilian Kiener is a Junior Professor of Philosophy and Ethics in Technology at Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, and an Associate Member of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, UK. He specialises in moral and legal philosophy, with a particular focus on consent, responsibility, and artificial intelligence. His book Voluntary Consent: Theory and Practice is also published by Routledge.