Free Will: Free agency, moral responsibility, and skepticism

Free Will: Free agency, moral responsibility, and skepticism
ISBN-10
041532730X
ISBN-13
9780415327305
Series
Free Will
Category
Philosophy
Pages
289
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Author
John Martin Fischer

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It is not true that a person is morally responsible for what he has done only if his will was free when he did it . He may be morally responsible for having done it even though his will was not free at all . A person's will is free only ...

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