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Responsibility and the Moral Sentiments Paperback by R. Jay Wallace
Responsibility and the Moral Sentiments Paperback by R. Jay Wallace
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- Publisher: Harvard University Press (1998-01-13)
- Language: English
- Paperback: 288 pages
- ISBN-13: 9780674766235
- Item Weight: 368.55 grams
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R. Jay Wallace advances a powerful and sustained argument against the common view that accountability requires freedom of will. Instead, he maintains, the fairness of holding people responsible depends on their rational competence: the power to grasp moral reasons and to control their behavior accordingly. He shows how these forms of rational competence are compatible with determinism. At the same time, giving serious consideration to incompatibilist concerns, Wallace develops a compelling diagnosis of the common assumption that freedom is necessary for responsibility.
About the Author
R. Jay Wallace is Professor of Philosophy at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.
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