Action and Responsibility by Andrew Sneddon
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.-
The Third Law of Evolution and The Future of Life
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Responsibility and Punishment
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Rethinking Virtue Ethics
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Moral Responsibility
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The Biotechnology Debate
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Recent Work on Intrinsic Value
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Ethics and Self-Knowledge
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The Importance of Assent
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Ethical Questions and International NGOs
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Tales of Research Misconduct
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From Reasons to Norms
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Freedom and Value
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Transforming Unjust Structures
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The Ethics of Proportionate Punishment
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Reasons for Action
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Emotion, Truth and Meaning
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Character, Liberty and Law
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Personal and Moral Identity
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Time and Ethics
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Moral Beliefs and Moral Theory
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Moral Responsibility and Ontology
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The Different Faces of Autonomy
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The Good Life as a Public Good
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The Repugnant Conclusion
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Ethics after Anscombe
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Trust: The Tacit Demand
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Radical Passivity
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New Perspectives on Paternalism and Health Care
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Rationality, Virtue, and Liberation
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Humiliation, Degradation, Dehumanization
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Imperceptible Harms and Benefits
From the reviews:
"Studies in the philosophy of action have predominantly aimed to provide theories of how the action is explained or produced… Sneddon aims to undermine this approach by separating out two fundamental questions that he argues should be distinguished in formulating theories of action. … The clear and methodical way the book is set out ensures that a reader unfamiliar with this philosophical territory can easily engage with the text and its main arguments … . This is well-constructed, thoroughly argued addition … ." (Natalie F. Banner, Metapsychology Online Reviews, September, 2007)
Sneddon, Andrew: - Andrew Sneddon is Lecturer in International History at Ulster University, UK. He is the author of three books called Witchcraft and Magic in Ireland (2015), Possessed by the Devil: The Real History of the Islandmagee Witches and Ireland's Only Witchcraft Mass Trial (2013) and Witchcraft and Whigs: The life of Bishop Francis Hutchinson, (1660-1739) (2008).
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| ISBN 13 | 9789048170081 |
| ISBN 10 | 9048170087 |
| Title | Action and Responsibility |
| Author | Andrew Sneddon |
| Series | Library Of Ethics And Applied Philosophy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Year published | 2010-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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