Shakespeare and Moral Agency

Abstract

Introduction: Is Shakespeare a Moral Philosopher? Michael Bristol (McGill University, Canada) Part I: Agency of Agents 1. Moral Agency and Its Problems in Julius Caesar. Political Power, Choice, and History, Hugh Grady (Arcadia University, USA) 2. A Shakespearean Phenomenology of Moral Conviction, James A. Knapp (Eastern Michigan University, USA) 3. Wordplay and the Ethics of Self-Deception in Shakespeare's Tragedies, (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada) 4. Shakespearean Puzzles about Agency, (The University of Chicago, USA) Part II: Social Norms 5. Conduct (Un)becoming or, Playing the Warrior in Macbeth, Sharon O'Dair (University of Alabama, USA) 6. To Tempt the Rheumy and Unpurged Air: Contagion and Agency in Julius Caesar, (University of North Carolina, USA) 7. Moral Questions and Questionable Ethics in Measure for Measure and Merchant of Venice, Kathryn R. Finin, (SUNY - Oneonta, USA) 8. The oldest hath borne most: the Burdens of Aging and the Morality of Uselessness in King Lear, Naomi C. Liebler (Montclair State University, USA) Part III: Moral Characters 9. Quoting the Enemy: Character, Self-Interpretation, and the Question of Perspective in Shakespeare, (Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi, Canada) 10. fool, the Blind, and the Jew, Tzachi Zamir (The Hebrew University, Israel) 11. What's Virtue Ethics Got to Do With It: Shakespearean Character as Moral Character, Sara Coodin (McGill University, Canada) 12.Agency and repentance in Winter's Tale, Gregory Currie (University of Nottingham, UK) 13. Agent-Regret in Shakespearean Tragedy, Andrew Escobedo (Ohio University, USA) Index.