Autonomous Agents: From Self-Control to Autonomy

by Alfred R. Mele

Book Overview

This book addresses two related topics: self-control and individual autonomy. In approaching these issues, Mele develops a conception of an ideally self-controlled person, and argues that even such a person can fall short of personal autonomy. He then examines what needs to be added to such a person to yield an autonomous agent and develops two overlapping answers: one for compatibilist believers in human autonomy and one for incompatibilists. While...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195150430
• ISBN13: 9780195150438
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 8.9"