Deontic Morality and Control

By:

Ishtiyaque Haji

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Philosophy

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This book addresses a dilemma concerning freedom and moral obligation (obligation, right, and wrong). If determinism is true, then no one has control over one's actions. If indeterminism is true, then no one has control over their actions. But it is morally obligatory, right, or wrong, for one to perform some action only if one has control over it. Hence, no one ever performs an action that is morally obligatory, right or wrong. The author defends the view that this dilemma can be evaded but not in a way traditional compatibilists about freedom and moral responsibility will find congenial. For moral obligation is indeed incompatible with determinism but not with indeterminism. He concludes with an argument to the effect that, if determinism is true and no action is morally obligatory, right or wrong, then our world would be considerably morally impoverished as several sorts of moral appraisal would be unjustified.

Release date Australia

July 18th, 2002

Author

Ishtiyaque Haji

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

304

Series

Cambridge Studies in Philosophy

Dimensions

152x229x17

ISBN-13

9780521813877

Product ID

1772128

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