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Pessimists, Pollyannas, and the New Compatibilism

Russell, Paul LU (2002) p.229-256
Abstract
This article examines a number of contemporary compatibilist views on freedom and responsibility. The discussion is organized around themes from Daniel Dennett's influential compatibilist work, Elbow Room (1984), and in the light of these themes the article also considers other compatibilist views, including those of Paul Benson, Martha Klein, John Fischer and Mark Ravizza, Robert Audi, and Kevin Magill. Through these and other authors, the article discusses a variety of topics that have been of concern to contemporary compatibilists, such as control, reflexivity, responsiveness to reasons, “moral luck,” the place of character in moral evaluation, ultimacy, blameworthiness, and normative elements of freedom.
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The Oxford Handbook of Free Will
editor
Kane, Robert
pages
229 - 256
publisher
Oxford University Press
external identifiers
  • scopus:84923250106
ISBN
9780195133363
9780195178548
9780199995462
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195178548.003.0010
language
English
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