Responsibility and Control: A Theory of Moral Responsibility

by Mark Ravizza and John Martin Fischer

Book Overview

This book provides a comprehensive, systematic theory of moral responsibility. The authors explore the conditions under which individuals are morally responsible for actions, omissions, consequences, and emotions. The leading idea in the book is that moral responsibility is based on guidance control. This control has two components: the mechanism that issues in the relevant behavior must be the agent's own mechanism, and it must be appropriately responsive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521775795
• ISBN13: 9780521775793
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"