Relative Justice : Cultural Diversity, Free Will, and Moral Responsibility

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When can we be morally responsible for our behavior? Is it fair to blame people for actions that are determined by heredity and environment? Can we be responsible for the actions of relatives or members of our community? In this provocative book, Tamler Sommers concludes that there are no objectivel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sommers, Tamler, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Skepticism.
Responsibility.
Ethics.
PHILOSOPHY > Free Will & Determinism.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
ethics (philosophy)
Morale.
Scepticisme.
Responsabilite > Études transculturelles.
Responsibility > Cross-cultural studies.
Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Pt I. Metaskepticism about moral responsibility
  • ch. 1. The appeal to intuition
  • ch. 2. Moral responsibility and the culture of honor
  • ch. 3. Shame cultures, collectivist societies, original sin, and Pharaoh's hardened heart
  • ch. 4. Can the variation be explained away?
  • pt II. The implications of metaskepticism
  • ch. 5. Where do we go from here?
  • ch. 6. A metaskeptical analysis of libertarianism and compatibilism
  • ch. 7. A very tentative metaskeptical endorsement of eliminativism about moral responsibility.

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