Action and Responsibility

What makes an event count as an action? Typical answers appeal to the way in which the event was produced: e.g., perhaps an arm movement is an action when caused by mental states (in particular ways), but not when caused in other ways. Andrew Sneddon argues that this type of answer, which he calls &...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sneddon, Andrew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2006, 2006
Edition:1st ed. 2006
Series:Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Two Questions
  • Ascriptivism Resurrected: The Case for Ascriptivism
  • Ascriptivism Defended: The Case Against Ascriptivism
  • Responsibility and Causation I: Legal Responsibility
  • Responsibility and Causation II: Moral Responsibility
  • Foundationalism and the Production Question
  • Foundationalism and the Status Question: Strong Productionism
  • Nouveau Volitionism
  • Weak Productionism
  • Concluding Reflections on Ascriptivism and Action