Responsibility and Ambivalence
(2023)- Abstract
- I use the concept of ambivalence—the state of being faced with a choice that cannot be resolved without sacrificing something of value—to approach five contemporary debates in the philosophy of moral responsibility: (1) psychopathy, (2) free will, (3) the emotion of guilt, (4) regret and indirect moral luck, and (5) moral demandingness. Rather than arguing for one theory or another, acknowledging ambivalence paves the way for resolving these debates by reconciling the opposing sides.
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- author
- Velichkov, Alexander LU
- supervisor
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- Björn Petersson LU
- Andras Szigeti LU
- Olle Blomberg LU
- opponent
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- professor David W Shoemaker, Cornell University
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-09-15
- type
- Thesis
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- moral luck, responsibility, ambivalence, free will, guilt, regret, psychopathy
- pages
- 144 pages
- publisher
- Department of Philosophy, Lund University
- defense location
- LUX C126
- defense date
- 2023-10-14 11:00:00
- ISBN
- 978-91-89415-92-8
- 978-91-89415-93-5
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- a6c37f9e-e527-4a32-96a1-ad289718d80b
- date added to LUP
- 2023-09-11 11:06:19
- date last changed
- 2024-02-08 14:47:02
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