Responsibility and the Moral Sentiments

Name: Responsibility and the Moral Sentiments
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ISBN: 9780674766235

ISBN-10: 0674766237

ISBN-13: 9780674766235

Edition: 1994

Authors: R. Jay Wallace

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Wallace advances a powerful and sustained argument against the common view that accountability requires freedom of will. He also develops a compelling diagnosis of the common assumption that freedom is necessary for responsibility.

Book details

Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/8/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.17" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction


The Problem


The Solution


Prospectus


Emotions and Expectations


The Approach Sketched


Narrowing the Class


Reactive and Nonreactive, Moral and Nonmoral


Irrational Guilt


Responsibility


Responsibility, Blame, and Moral Sanction


Responsibility and the Reactive Emotions


The Reactive Account and Moral Judgment


Methodological Interlude


Understanding the Debate


Strawson's Arguments


Fairness


Strategies


Blameworthiness and the Excuses


Excuses and Intentions


Qualities of Will


A Typology of Excuses


Determinism and Excuses


Accountability and the Exemptions


Exemptions and Abilities


Exemptions: Some Cases


Determinism and Rational Powers


Comparisons and Contrasts


The Lure of Liberty


Avoidability and Harm


Opportunity and Possibility


Difficulty and Control


Oughts and Cans


Conclusion


Appendix: Further Emotional Vicissitudes


Appendix: Alternate Possibilities


Index