Free Will: A Philosophical Study

Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.: Westview Press. New. 1999. Paperback. 0813390931 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - BRAND NEW, FLAWLESS COPY, NEVER OPENED -- 248 pages; -- TABLE OF CONTENTS: The Problem of Human Freedom 1 * 2 Arguments for Incompatibilism 21 * 3 Compatibilist Arguments and Free Will Accounts 55 * 4 Varieties of Libertarianism 81 * 5 The Concept of Moral Responsibility 139 * 6 Responsibility and Alternative Possibilities 181 * References 221 * Index 231. -- DESCRIPTION: -- In this comprehensive new study of human free agency, Laura Waddell Ekstrom critically surveys contemporary philosophical literature and provides a novel account of the conditions for free action. Ekstrom argues that incompatibilism concerning free will and causal determinism is true and thus the right account of the nature of free action must be indeterminist in nature. She examines a variety of libertarian approaches, ultimately defending an account relying on indeterministic causation among events and appealing to agent causation only in a reducible sense. Written in an engaging style and incorporating recent scholarship, this study is critical reading for scholars and students interested in the topics of motivation, causation, responsibility, and freedom. -- with a bonus offer-- .