Free will
By: Joseph Keim Campbell
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780745646664; 9780745646671
Subjects: Ethik; Verantwortung; Free will and determinism; Willensfreiheit
Description: "Using a range of engaging examples, the book introduces the problems, arguments, and theories surrounding free will. Beginning with a discussion of fatalism, foreknowledge, and causal determinism, the book goes on to focus on the metaphysics of moral responsibility, free will skepticism, and skepticism about moral responsibility. Campbell shows that no matter how we look at it, free will is problematic. Thankfully there are a plethora of solutions on offer and the best of these are considered in full in the final chapter on contemporary theories of free will. This chapter includes a rigorous account of libertarianism and compatibilism as well as more nuanced views like revisionism and naturalism"--Back cover.

"Free Will is the ideal introduction to the topic and will be a valuable resource for scholars and students seeking to understand the importance and relevance of the concept for contemporary philosophy"--Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-121) and index.
Table of contents: title: Free will; title: Moral responsibility; title: The problem of free will; title: Moral responsibility : incompatibilism and skepticism; title: Free will theories.