Luck's Mischief: Obligation and Blameworthiness on a Thread

by Ishtiyaque Haji

Something is subject to luck if it is beyond our control. In this book, Haji shows that luck detrimentally affects both moral obligation and moral responsibility. He argues that factors influencing the way we are, together with considerations that link motivation and ability to perform intentional actions, frequently preclude our being able to do otherwise. Since obligation requires that we can do otherwise, luck compromises the range of what is morally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190260777
• ISBN13: 9780190260774
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.4"