Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility - Volume 9

About the author

David Shoemaker is a Professor in the Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell University. He is the author of two monographs, over 60 papers, and the editor of numerous volumes. He has published in the areas of personal identity and ethics, agency and responsibility, moral psychology, political philosophy, and humor. His latest book is Wisecracks: Humor and Morality in Everyday Life (Chicago Press, 2024). He was associate editor at the journal Ethics for nearly seven years, as well as long-running co-editor of the ethics blog PEA Soup.

Summary

OSAR is a forum for outstanding new work in an area of vigorous and broad-ranging debate in philosophy and beyond. What is involved in human action? Can philosophy and science illuminate debate about free will? How should we answer questions about responsibility for action?

Product details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9780198955467
• ISBN: 978-0-19-895546-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Oxford Studies In Agency And Responsibility
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy