Beschreibung:
This book argues that the kind of free will required for moral responsibility and just desert is libertarian free will. It explains and defends Robert Kane's conception of libertarian free will, arguing that a suitably modified Kanean model of free will can be shown to be conceptually coherent.
1. Introduction 2. Kane's Libertarian Theory 3. Libertarianism, Luck, and Manipulation Arguments 4. Kanean Libertarianism Examined 5. A Consideration of Alternative Event-causal Libertarian Models of Basic Free Actions 6. Moral Responsibility Denial and the Problem of Punishment 7. Libertarian Free Will and Moral Obligation 8. Hardheartedness and Libertarianism 9. Conclusion