Action and Responsibility

By:

Andrew Sneddon

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Hardback

Series:

Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy

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This book is an exploration of what it takes for an event to count as an action. I first became interested in this topic nearly a decade ago while working on a different topic. I kept coming across philosophers making claims about the nature of action that seemed false or at least dubious to me. As a consequence I turned to the philosophy of action directly, to get to the heart of the matter. I have wrestled with this territory ever since. I hope that, with this book, I have finally earned the intuitions that put me at odds with the philosophers I was originally reading. This book develops ideas in Part Two of my doctoral dissertation, which I wrote at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. I loved being at Queen’s, for both professional and personal reasons. My thanks go to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for financial support as a doctoral candidate. Steve Leighton and Ronald de Sousa were readers for my dissertation. They provided some early and invaluable challenges to the ideas developed here. My deepest debt of gratitude is owed to David Bakhurst, my supervisor. I learned a lot from David; this book would not be the same without his help.

Release date Australia

October 24th, 2005

Author

Andrew Sneddon

Series

Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy

Pages

200

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

X, 200 p.

Dimensions

155x235x12

ISBN-13

9781402039966

Product ID

5811460

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