Simply Responsible - Basic Blame, Scant Praise, and Minimal Agency

Matt King presents a radical new account of responsibility according to which moral responsibility should be understood in the same way as other kinds of responsibility. We are responsible for the things we do first, then blameworthy or praiseworthy for having done them in light of whether they're good or bad, according to a variety of standards.

List of contents

• Preface


• Introduction: A General Theory of Responsibility


• 1: The Basic Responsibility Relation


• 2: Basic Agency


• 3: Basic Blame and Basic Praise


• 4: Basic Desert


• 5: Beyond Basic Responsibility


• Conclusion: Odds and Ends

About the author

Matt King is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he thinks and writes about responsibility and other related topics in ethics and law. His work has been published in over a dozen journals and edited volumes, and is even occasionally cited. He is co-editor of Agency in Mental Disorder (OUP, 2022).

Summary

Matt King presents a radical new account of responsibility according to which moral responsibility should be understood in the same way as other kinds of responsibility. We are responsible for the things we do first, then blameworthy or praiseworthy for having done them in light of whether they're good or bad, according to a variety of standards.

Additional text

The book is clear, engaging, and suitable for all reading levels.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Matt (Associate Professor of Philosophy King, Matt King
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2023
• EAN: 9780192883599
• ISBN: 978-0-19-288359-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy