Agency and Integrality
Philosophical Themes in the Ancient Discussions of Determinism and Responsibility
It is not very surprising that it was no less true in antiquity than it is today that adult human beings are held to be responsible for most of their actions. Indeed, virtually all cultures in all historical periods seem to have had some conception of human agency which, in the absence of certain responsibility-defeating conditions, entails such responsibility. Few philosophers have had the temerity to maintain that this entailment is trivial because such responsibility-defeating conditions are always present. Another not very surprising fact is that ancient thinkers tended to ascribe integrality to what is (to on). That is, they typically re…
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- ISBN: 978-94-009-5339-0
- EAN: 9789400953390
- Produktnummer: 37288008
- Verlag: Springer Netherlands
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 296 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Auflage: 1985
- Reihenbandnummer: 32
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