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Merit, Meaning, and Human Bondage: An Essay on Free Will
Nomy Arpaly
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Description for Merit, Meaning, and Human Bondage: An Essay on Free Will
Hardback. Argues that a deterministic world does not preclude moral responsibility, rationality, and love - in short, meaningful lives - but that there would still be something lamentable about a deterministic world. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Perhaps everything we think, feel, and do is determined, and humans--like stones or clouds--are slaves to the laws of nature. Would that be a terrible state? Philosophers who take the incompatibilist position think so, arguing that a deterministic world would be one without moral responsibility and perhaps without true love, meaningful art, and real rationality. But compatibilists and semicompatibilists argue that determinism need not worry us. As long as our actions stem, in an appropriate way, from us, or respond in some way to reasons, our actions are meaningful and can be judged on their moral (or other) merit. In ... Read more
Perhaps everything we think, feel, and do is determined, and humans--like stones or clouds--are slaves to the laws of nature. Would that be a terrible state? Philosophers who take the incompatibilist position think so, arguing that a deterministic world would be one without moral responsibility and perhaps without true love, meaningful art, and real rationality. But compatibilists and semicompatibilists argue that determinism need not worry us. As long as our actions stem, in an appropriate way, from us, or respond in some way to reasons, our actions are meaningful and can be judged on their moral (or other) merit. In ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
426 g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691124339
SKU
V9780691124339
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About Nomy Arpaly
Nomy Arpaly is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brown University and the author of "Unprincipled Virtue".
Reviews for Merit, Meaning, and Human Bondage: An Essay on Free Will
"This volume is a very interesting and clearly written contribution to the literature on free will and determinism."
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