Moral Responsibility and Ontology

Abstract

Introduction T. van den Beld. Part I: Moral Responsibility and Ontology: Setting the Stage. Moral Responsibility and Ontology P. van Inwagen. Moral Responsibility and the Practical Point of View R.J. Wallace. Part II: Responsibility and Personal Identity. Collective Responsibility K. Graham. Personal Identity and Responsibility for Past Actions M. Slors. Personal Identity and Quasi-Responsibility E. Wiland. Part III: Incompatibilist Arguments. Does Moral Responsibility Presuppose Alternate Possibilities? K. Lippert-Rasmussen. Fischer on Alternative Possibilities and Responsibility D. Mackie. Freedom and Blameworthiness M. Sie. Moral Responsibility and Wolf's Ability C.M. Grau. Moral Responsibility and Agent Causation R. van Woudenberg. Part IV: Compatibilist Positions. On the Value of Ultimate Responsibility I. Haji. Contracting Responsibility J. Lenman. Blaming, Understanding and Justification K. Magill. Compatibilist-Fatalism P. Russell. Part V: Some Related Issues. Emotions, Responsibility and Morality A. Ben-Ze'ev. Identification and Responsibility A.M. Smith. Toward a Speaker Meaning Theory of Moral Responsibility M.S. McKenna. Alfred Mele's Voluntaristic Conception of Autonomy S.E. Cuypers. Biographical notes. Index.