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Mele develops a view of paradigmatically free actions--including decisions--as indeterministically caused by their proximal causes. He mounts a masterful defense of this thesis that includes solutions to problems about luck and control widely discussed in the literature on free will and moral respon...

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Main Author: Mele, Alfred R., 1951- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Agent (Philosophy)
Act (Philosophy)
Free will and determinism.
Ethics.
Personal Autonomy
Ethics
Action (Philosophie)
Libre arbitre et déterminisme.
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Free will and determinism
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Mele develops a view of paradigmatically free actions--including decisions--as indeterministically caused by their proximal causes. He mounts a masterful defense of this thesis that includes solutions to problems about luck and control widely discussed in the literature on free will and moral responsibility.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190660000
0190660007
9780190659998
0190659998
9780190659981
019065998X
0190659971
9780190659974