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Responsibility and Ambivalence

Velichkov, Alexander LU orcid (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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  • professor David W Shoemaker, Cornell University
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Thesis
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published
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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
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yes
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a6c37f9e-e527-4a32-96a1-ad289718d80b
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2023-09-11 11:06:19
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2024-02-08 14:47:02
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  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.}},
  author       = {{Velichkov, Alexander}},
  isbn         = {{978-91-89415-92-8}},
  keywords     = {{moral luck; responsibility; ambivalence; free will; guilt; regret; psychopathy}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{09}},
  publisher    = {{Department of Philosophy, Lund University}},
  school       = {{Lund University}},
  title        = {{Responsibility and Ambivalence}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/158082745/Velichkov_Responsibility_and_Ambivalence.pdf}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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