Rethinking Responsibility
| Author | : K. E. Boxer |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 191 |
| Release | : 2013-02-07 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199695324 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199695326 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (326 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Rethinking Responsibility by : K. E. Boxer
Download or read book Rethinking Responsibility written by K. E. Boxer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: K. E. Boxer explores moral responsibility, and whether it is compatible with causal determinism. She suggests that to answer this question we must focus on responsibility in the sense of liability, and that an incompatibilist view may only be preserved on an understanding of the moral desert of punishment that many find morally problematic.