Leading philosophers explore responsibility from a variety of perspectives, including metaphysics, action theory, and philosophy of law. Most philosophical explorations of responsibility discuss the topic solely in terms of metaphysics and the free will problem. By contrast, these essays by leading philosophers view responsibility from a variety of perspectives-metaphysics, ethics, action theory, and the philosophy of law. After a broad, framing introduction by the volume's editors, the contributors consider such subjects as responsibility as it relates to the free will problem; the relation between responsibility and knowledge or ignorance; the relation between causal and moral responsibility; the difference, if any, between responsibility for actions and responsibility for omissions; the metaphysical requirements for making sense of collective responsibility; and the relation between moral and legal responsibility. The contributors include such distinguished authors as Alfred R. Mele, John Martin Fischer, George Sher, and Frances Kamm, as well as important rising scholars. Taken together, the essays in Action, Ethics, and Responsibility offer a breadth of perspectives that is unmatched by other treatments of the topic. Contributors Joseph Keim Campbell, David Chan, Randolph Clarke, E.J. Coffman, John Martin Fischer, Helen Frowe, Todd Jones, Frances Kamm, Antti Kauppinen, Alfred R. Mele, Michael O'Rourke, Paul Russell, Robert F. Schopp, George Sher, Harry S. Silverstein, Saul Smilansky, Donald Smith, Charles T. Wolfe
Product Identifiers
Publisher
RANDOLPH Clarke, David Chan, Alfred R. MeLE, Helen Frowe, MIT Press Ltd
ISBN-13
9780262514842
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95804412
Product Key Features
Book Title
Action, Ethics, and Responsibility
Author
Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'rourke, Harry S. Silverstein
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
2010
Number of Pages
316 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
454g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Topics in Contemporary Philosophy
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Harry S. Silverstein, Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'rourke