Aspects of Agency
Author | : Alfred R. Mele |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2017 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780190659974 |
ISBN-13 | : 0190659971 |
Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Aspects of Agency by : Alfred R. Mele
Download or read book Aspects of Agency written by Alfred R. Mele and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mele develops a view of paradigmatically free actions--including decisions--as indeterministically caused by their proximal causes. He mounts a masterful defense of this thesis that includes solutions to problems about luck and control widely discussed in the literature on free will and moral responsibility.