Responsibility and the Moral Sentiments (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780674766235)

R. Jay Wallace advances a powerful and sustained argument against the common view that accountability requires freedom of will. Instead, he maintains, the fairness of holding people responsible depends on their rational competence: the power to grasp moral reasons and to control their behavior accordingly. He shows how these forms of rational competence are compatible with determinism. At the same time, giving serious consideration to incompatibilist concerns, Wallace develops a compelling diagnosis of the common assumption that freedom is necessary for responsibility.

Author: R. Jay Wallace
ISBN-10: 0674766237
ISBN-13: 9780674766235
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/08/1998
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.11w x 0.74d