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Sanity and the Metaphysics of Responsibility

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ID23179652
AuthorsSusan Wolf (University of South Carolina, corresponding author)
Year1988
Pages46-62
Publication date1988-01-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueResponsibility, Character, and the Emotions (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511625411.003
OpenAlexW1787750722
ISBN9780511625411
LanguageEN
Citations received87

Philosophers who study the problems of free will and responsibility have an easier time than most in meeting challenges about the relevance of their work to ordinary, practical concerns. Indeed, philosophers who study these problems are rarely faced with such challenges at all, since questions concerning the conditions of responsibility come up so obviously and so frequently in everyday life. Under scrutiny, however, one might question whether the connections between philosophical and nonphilosophical concerns in this area are real.

Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Free will · Metaphysics · Moral responsibility · Political science · Relevance (law) · Sanity · Scrutiny · Sociology · Engineering · Ethics in medical practice · Free Will and Agency · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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Citations per year2,42
Citation span1990 - 2026 (37)
Citation velocitycurrent
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