Agency and Action

Klappentext This collection of original essays by leading philosophers covers the entire range of the philosophy of action. Zusammenfassung The concept of action now occupies a central place in ethics! metaphysics and jurisprudence. This collection of original essays by leading philosophers covers the entire range of the philosophy of action! including the nature of actions themselves and the place of the concept of action in criminal law. Inhaltsverzeichnis Agency and actions Jennifer Hornsby; Two ways of explaining actions Jonathan Dancy; Anscombe on practical knowledge Richard Moran; Action, the act requirement and criminal liability Antony Duff; Emotion, cognition and action David Charles; Kantian autonomy Terence Irwin; The structure of orthonomy Michael Smith; Normativity and the will Jay Wallace; Can libertarians make promises? Alfred Mele; Intention as faith Rae Langton; The destruction of the World Trade Center and the law on event-identity Michael S. Moore.

Product details

• Authors: John Hyman
• Assisted by: John Hyman (Editor), John (University of Oxford) Hyman (Editor), Helen Steward (Editor), Helen (University of Oxford) Steward (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2004
• EAN: 9780521603560
• ISBN: 978-0-521-60356-0
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements; Royal Institute of Philosophy; Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works