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Deontic morality and control /
This book addresses a dilemma concerning freedom and moral obligation (obligation, right and wrong). If determinism is true, then no one has control over one's actions. If indeterminism is true, then no one has control over their actions. But it is morally obligatory, right or wrong for one to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2002.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in philosophy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book addresses a dilemma concerning freedom and moral obligation (obligation, right and wrong). If determinism is true, then no one has control over one's actions. If indeterminism is true, then no one has control over their actions. But it is morally obligatory, right or wrong for one to perform some action only if one has control over it. Hence, no one ever performs an action that is morally obligatory, right or wrong. The author defends the view that this dilemma can be evaded but not in a way traditional compatibilists about freedom and moral responsibility will find congenial. For moral obligation is indeed incompatible with determinism but not with indeterminism. He concludes with an argument to the effect that, if determinism is true and no action is morally obligatory, right or wrong, then our world would be considerably morally impoverished as several sorts of moral appraisal would be unjustified. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-281) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511020562 9780511020568 9780511498794 0511498799 1107125820 9781107125827 0521039185 9780521039185 0511147767 9780511147760 0511045565 9780511045561 1280434082 9781280434082 0511177437 9780511177439 |