Free Will
About this book
A unique anthology featuring contributions to the dispute over free will from Aristotle to the twenty-first century, Derk Pereboom's volume presents the most thoughtful positions taken in this crucial debate and discusses their consequences for free will's traditional corollary, moral responsibility.
The Second Edition retains the organizational structure that made its predecessor the leading anthology of its kind, while adding major new selections by such philosophers as Spinoza, Reid, John Martin Fischer, Robert Kane, Galen Strawson, and Timothy O'Connor.
Hackett Readings in Philosophy is a versatile series of compact anthologies, each devoted to a topic of traditional interest. Selections include classical, modern, and contemporary writings chosen for their elegance of exposition and success at stimulating thought and discussion.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Free Will
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Titles of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Aristotle, from the Nicomachean Ethics
- 2. The Stoics, from various sources
- 3. Lucretius, from On the Nature of Things
- 4. Augustine, from On Free Choice of the Will
- 5. Aquinas, from the Summa Theologica
- 6. Benedict Spinoza, from the Ethics
- 7. David Hume, from A Treatise of Human Nature
- 8. David Hume, from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
- 9. Immanuel Kant, from the Critique of Pure Reason
- 10. Immanuel Kant, from the Critique of Practical Reason
- 11. Thomas Reid, from Essays on the Active Powers of Man
- 12. A. J. Ayer, âFreedom and Necessityâ
- 13. P. F. Strawson, âFreedom and Resentmentâ
- 14. Roderick Chisholm, âHuman Freedom and the Selfâ
- 15. Harry Frankfurt, âAlternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibilityâ
- 16. Harry Frankfurt, âFreedom of the Will and the Concept of a Personâ
- 17. Peter van Inwagen, âThe Incompatibility of Free Will and Determinismâ
- 18. Susan Wolf, âAsymmetrical Freedomâ
- 19. John Martin Fischer, âMy Compatibilismâ
- 20. Robert Kane, âFree Will: New Foundations for an Ancient Problemâ
- 21. Galen Strawson, âThe Impossibility of Ultimate Moral Responsibilityâ
- 22. Derk Pereboom, âDeterminism al Denteâ
- 23. Randolph Clarke, from âAgent Causation and Event Causation in the Production of Free Actionâ
- 24. Timothy OâConnor, âAgent-Causal Powerâ
- Selected Bibliography
- Back Cover
