Responsibility Collapses: Why Moral Responsibility is Impossible (Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory)
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- Synopsis
- Our worldview assumes that people are morally responsible. Our emotions, beliefs, and values assume that a person is responsible for what she thinks and does, and that this is a good thing. This book argues that this worldview is false. It provides four arguments for this conclusion that build on the free will and responsibility literatures in original and insightful ways: 1. Foundation: No one is responsible because there is no foundation for responsibility. A foundation for responsibility is something for which a person is responsible but not by being responsible for something else. 2. Epistemic Condition: No one is responsible because no one fulfills the epistemic condition necessary for blameworthiness. 3. Internalism: If a person were responsible, then she would be responsible for, and only for, what goes on in her head. Most of the evidence for responsibility says the opposite. 4. Amount: No one is responsible because we cannot make sense of what makes a person more or less praiseworthy (or blameworthy). There is no other book that argues against moral responsibility based on foundationalism, the epistemic condition, and internalism and shows that these arguments cohere. The book’s arguments for internalism and quantifying responsibility are new to the literature. Ultimately, the book’s conclusions undermine our commonsense view of the world and the most common philosophical understanding of God, morality, and relationships. Responsibility Collapses: Why Moral Responsibility Is Impossible is essential reading for scholars and advanced students in philosophy, religious studies, and political science who are interested in debates about agency, free will, and moral responsibility.
- Copyright:
- 2024
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781003817147
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781032603018, 9781003458548, 9781032603001
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 12/01/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Stephen Kershnar. The right of Stephen Kershnar to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy
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