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Responsibility and the Moral Sentiments by R. Jay Wallace is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Responsibility and the Moral Sentiments about?
R. Jay Wallace advances a powerful and sustained argument against the common view that accountability requires freedom of will. Instead, he maintains, the fairness of holding people responsible depends on their rational competence: the power to grasp moral reasons and to control their behavior accordingly. He shows how these forms of rational competence are compatible with determinism. At the same time, giving serious consideration to incompatibilist concerns, Wallace develops a compelling diagn
Who reads Responsibility and the Moral Sentiments?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- R. Jay Wallace
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674766228
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Western, Anthropology
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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