Freedom from Necessity: The Metaphysical Basis of Responsibility

Freedom from Necessity: The Metaphysical Basis of Responsibility - Routledge Library Editions. Free Will and Determinism

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book, first published in 1987, is about the classic free will problem, construed in terms of the implications of moral responsibility. The principal thesis is that the core issue is metaphysical: can scientific laws postulate objectively necessary connections between an action and its causal antecedents? The author concludes they cannot, and that, therefore, free will and determinism can be reconciled.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781138704862
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 123
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 242
Weight: 378g
Height: 232mm
Width: 154mm
Spine width: 20mm