Agency, Freedom, and Moral Responsibility (eBook)

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.

IntroductionPART I: METAPHYSICS OF AGENCY1. The Argument from Slips; Santiago Amaya, 2. A Gradualist Metaphysics of Agency; Andrei A. Buckareff and Jesús H. Aguilar3. Crossing a Mesh Theory with a Reasons-Responsive Theory: Unholy Spawn of an Impending Apocalypse or Love-Child of a New Dawn?; Michael McKenna and Chad Van Schoelandt4. Classical Compatibilism and Temporal Ontology; Pablo RychterPART II: RESPONSIBILITY AND LUCK5. Reasons and Freedom; Carlos Moya6. On the Luck Objection to Libertarianism; David Widerker and Ira Schnall7. Moral Luck and True Desert; Sergi Rosell8. A New Form of Moral Luck?; Carolina SartorioPART III: RESPONSIBILITY AND BLAME9. Helping It; Helen Steward10. Ought without Ability; Carlos Patarroyo11. Failures of Vigilance and Forward-Looking Responsibility for Omissions; Derk Pereboom12. Moral Responsibility Skepticism: Meeting McKenna's Challenge; Neil Levy13. In Defense of a Challenge to Moral Responsibility Skepticism: A Reply to Levy; Michael McKennaPART IV: RESPONSIBILITY AND RELATIONSHIPS14. Motivated by the Gods: Compartmentalized Agency and Responsibility; Constantine Sandis 15. Friendship, Freedom, and Special Obligations; Dana Nelkin16. Skepticism About Autonomy and Responsibility as Educational Aims – What Next?; Stefaan Cuypers and Ish Haji