Agency, Freedom, and Moral Responsibility

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Andrei Buckareff, Carlos Moya, Sergi Rosell

      Pages 1-9

3. Metaphysics of Agency

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. The Argument from Slips

      • Santiago Amaya

      Pages 13-29

   3. A Gradualist Metaphysics of Agency

      • Jesús H. Aguilar, Andrei Buckareff

      Pages 30-43

   4. Crossing a Mesh Theory with a Reasons-Responsive Theory: Unholy Spawn of an Impending Apocalypse or Love Child of a New Dawn?

      • Michael McKenna, Chad Van Schoelandt

      Pages 44-64

   5. Classical Compatibilism and Temporal Ontology

      • Pablo Rychter

      Pages 65-76

4. Responsibility and Luck

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. Reasons and Freedom

      • Carlos Moya

      Pages 79-93

   3. On the Luck Objection to Libertarianism

      • David Widerker, Ira M. Schnall

      Pages 94-115

   4. Moral Luck and True Desert

      • Sergi Rosell

      Pages 116-133

   5. A New Form of Moral Luck?

      • Carolina Sartorio

      Pages 134-149

5. Responsibility and Blame

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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   2. Helping It

      • Helen Steward

      Pages 153-164

   3. Ought without Ability

      • Carlos Patarroyo

      Pages 165-178

   4. Omissions and Different Senses of Responsibility

      • Derk Pereboom

      Pages 179-191

   5. Moral Responsibility Skepticism: Meeting McKenna’s Challenge

      • Neil Levy

      Pages 192-203

   6. In Defense of a Challenge to Moral Responsibility Skepticism: A Reply to Levy

      • Michael McKenna

      Pages 204-206

6. Responsibility and Relationships

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. Motivated by the Gods: Compartmentalized Agency and Responsibility

      • Constantine Saudis

      Pages 209-225

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in problems related to human agency and responsibility by philosophers and researchers in cognate disciplines. The present volume brings together original contributions by leading specialists working in this vital field of philosophical inquiry. The contents represent the state of the art of philosophical research on intentional agency, free will, and moral responsibility. The volume begins with chapters on the metaphysics of agency and moves to chapters examining various problems of luck. The final two sections have a normative focus, with the first of the two containing chapters examining issues related to responsible agency and blame and the chapters in the final section examine responsibility and relationships. This book will be of interest to researchers and students interested in both metaphysical and normative issues related to human agency.

• Action
• Agency
• Blame
• Causation
• Free Will
• Intentional Action
• Luck
• Moral Responsibility
• autonomy
• metaphysics
• morality
• ontology
• philosophy
• psychology

“It is a collection of front-line research in the intersection of agency, responsibility, moral luck and free will. As such, this volume is valuable for anyone interested in researching these subjects.” (Mattias Gunnemyr and Cathrine Felix, metapsychology online reviews, metapsychology.mentahelp.net, Vol. 20 (28), July, 2016)

• Marist College, USA

  Andrei Buckareff

• University of Valencia, Spain

  Carlos Moya, Sergi Rosell

Andrei A. Buckareff is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Marist College, US. His work has appeared in various journals. He is the co-editor of Alternative Concepts of God with Yujin Nagasawa and Causing Human Actions with Jesús Aguilar.

Carlos J. Moya is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Valencia, Spain. He has published The Philosophy of Action and Moral Responsibility: the ways of skepticism , as well as a number of papers in several philosophical journals and contributions to edited volumes.

Sergi Rosell is a postdoctoral researcher associated to the University of Valencia (Phrónesis Group), and has been postdoctoral research fellow at the universities of Sheffield and Oxford. His work has appeared in various journals.

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