Bruce N Waller
Biographic Data
| ID | 3435265 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruce N Waller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruce N |
| FAMILY NAME | Waller |
| SIGNATURE | WALLER B N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Elon University |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-3753-5429 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Science of Punishment
status: Published
Restorative Free Will
Argues for an account of free will that takes seriously the evolutionary development of the key elements of free will. It emphasizes a biological understanding of free will that rejects the belief that free will belongs exclusively to humans and seeks to understand free will by examining it writ large in the adaptive behavior of many species. Drawing on resources from primatology, biology, psychology, and anthropology, this work examines the majo…
The Stubborn System of Moral Responsibility
An examination of the powerful social and psychological factors that hold the belief in moral responsibility firmly in place. The philosophical commitment to moral responsibility seems unshakable. But, argues Bruce Waller, the philosophical belief in moral responsibility is much stronger than the philosophical arguments in favor of it. Philosophers have tried to make sense of moral responsibility for centuries, with mixed results. Most contempora…
Against Moral Responsibility
A vigorous attack on moral responsibility in all its forms argues that the abolition of moral responsibility will be liberating and beneficial. In Against Moral Responsibility, Bruce Waller launches a spirited attack on a system that is profoundly entrenched in our society and its institutions, deeply rooted in our emotions, and vigorously defended by philosophers from ancient times to the present. Waller argues that, despite the creative defense…
Sincere Apology Without Moral Responsibility
Alice is a moral responsibility abolitionist. She firmly believes that no one (including herself) is ever morally responsible, that rewards and punishments can never be justified on the basis of just deserts, and that blaming people for vicious character traits and vile acts is never morally justified. One day, Barbara, Alice's dearest friend, confides to Alice a special secret: a secret Barbara clearly does not want revealed to others, a secret …
Empirical Free Will and the Ethics of Moral Responsibility
Purposes, Conditioning, and Skinner's Moral Theory
Mentalistic Problems in Cicourel's Cognitive Sociology
Mentalistic Problems in Cicourel's Cognitive Sociology
Purposes, Conditioning, and Skinner's Moral Theory
Empirical Free Will and the Ethics of Moral Responsibility
Sincere Apology Without Moral Responsibility
Alice is a moral responsibility abolitionist. She firmly believes that no one (including herself) is ever morally responsible, that rewards and punishments can never be justified on the basis of just deserts, and that blaming people for vicious character traits and vile acts is never morally justified. One day, Barbara, Alice's dearest friend, confides to Alice a special secret: a secret Barbara clearly does not want revealed to others, a secret …
Against Moral Responsibility
A vigorous attack on moral responsibility in all its forms argues that the abolition of moral responsibility will be liberating and beneficial. In Against Moral Responsibility, Bruce Waller launches a spirited attack on a system that is profoundly entrenched in our society and its institutions, deeply rooted in our emotions, and vigorously defended by philosophers from ancient times to the present. Waller argues that, despite the creative defense…
The Stubborn System of Moral Responsibility
An examination of the powerful social and psychological factors that hold the belief in moral responsibility firmly in place. The philosophical commitment to moral responsibility seems unshakable. But, argues Bruce Waller, the philosophical belief in moral responsibility is much stronger than the philosophical arguments in favor of it. Philosophers have tried to make sense of moral responsibility for centuries, with mixed results. Most contempora…
Restorative Free Will
Argues for an account of free will that takes seriously the evolutionary development of the key elements of free will. It emphasizes a biological understanding of free will that rejects the belief that free will belongs exclusively to humans and seeks to understand free will by examining it writ large in the adaptive behavior of many species. Drawing on resources from primatology, biology, psychology, and anthropology, this work examines the majo…
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Science of Punishment
status: Published
Psychology (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Moral responsibility (4 works) · War, Ethics, and Justification (4 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Citation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)