Intelligibility and Free Choice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9686388 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernard Wand (Carleton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 239-258 |
| Publication date | 1962-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300042608 |
| OpenAlex | W2036981719 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Whether or not men have free choice is a question which arises within two distinct moral contexts. At issue in the one is their ability to decide among genuine alternatives; in the other their ability to do what they think they ought to do although their desire to perform their duty is weaker than their desire to do otherwise. The former has to do with moral decision; (he latter with moral effort. Although the two are distinct they are not unrelated. For in any moral decision a fully conscious, or rather self-conscious agent, will always take into account the likelihood of his effort succeeding in action and this will have an important bearing on the decision he makes
Action (physics) · Cognitive psychology · Duty · Epistemology · Intelligibility (philosophy) · Political science · Free Will and Agency · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |