Consciousness and Moral Responsibility.

Neil Levy presents a new theory of freedom and responsibility. He defends a particular account of consciousness-the global workspace view-and argues that consciousness plays an especially important role in action. There are good reasons to think that the naive assumption, that consciousness is neede...

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Main Author: Levy, Neil
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Scholarship Online, 2014.
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Summary:Neil Levy presents a new theory of freedom and responsibility. He defends a particular account of consciousness-the global workspace view-and argues that consciousness plays an especially important role in action. There are good reasons to think that the naive assumption, that consciousness is needed for moral responsibility, is in fact true.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:1306460573
9781306460576