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Liberty Worth the Name : Locke on Free Agency /

"This is the first comprehensive interpretation of John Locke's solution to one of philosophy's most enduring problems: free will and the nature of human agency. Many assume that Locke defines freedom as merely the dependency of conduct on our wills. And much contemporary philosophica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yaffe, Gideon, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A Second Perfection
  • Freedom of action
  • Freedom of will: the negative views
  • Free will
  • Free volitions
  • The Elusive Something and Freedom of Will: The Positive Views
  • The first edition
  • The second and later editions
  • Some consequences of the second edition account
  • Freedom of will and the natural law theory
  • Conclusion
  • Volition and Voluntary Action
  • Action and active powers
  • Passion and proper action
  • Active and passive power
  • What are volitions?
  • A quick look back
  • Voluntary action
  • The necessity of causation by volition for voluntariness
  • The (non)sufficiency of causation by volition for voluntariness
  • An alternative interpretation
  • The power to act voluntarily
  • The special attributability of voluntary action
  • Conclusion
  • Free Agency and Personal Identity
  • Choice and personal identity
  • Contemplation of (temporally) absent pleasure and pain
  • Conclusion.