Randolph Clarke (Florida State University Professor of Philosophy)

Omissions

Agency, Metaphysics, and Responsibility

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Besides acting, we often omit to do or refrain from doing certain things. Omitting and refraining are not simply special cases of action; they require their own distinctive treatment. This book offers the first comprehensive account of these phenomena, addressing questions of metaphysics, agency, and moral responsibility.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 137mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9780190668679
• ISBN-10: 0190668679
• Artikelnr.: 47867204

Autorenporträt

Randolph Clarke is Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. He is the author of Libertarian Accounts of Free Will (OUP 2003) and numerous articles on agency, free will, and moral responsibility.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. What is an Omission?
2. Absence of Action
3. Intentional Omissions
4. Omissions, Abilities, and Freedom
5. Moral Responsibility for Omissions
6. Inability and Responsibility for Inaction
7. Negligent Action and Unwitting Omission
8. Doing, Allowing, and Omitting to Act
9. Law and Omissions: A Brief Defense
References
Index