Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-338) and index.
Contents:
Part I: Building blocks. 1. Folk convictions ; 2. Doubts about libertarianism ; 3. Nihilism and revisionism ; 4. Building a better theory -- Part II. A theory of moral responsibility. 5. The primacy of reasons ; 6. Justifying the practice ; 7. Responsible agency ; 8. Blame and desert ; 9. History and manipulation ; 10. Some conclusions.
Summary:
" ... Presents a new theory of moral responsibility. Beginning with a discussion of ordinary convictions about responsibility and free will and their implications for a philosophical theory, Manuel Vargas argues that no theory can do justice to all the things we want from a theory of free will and moral responsibility"--Jacket, p. [4].
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