Freedom Within Reason

by Susan R. Wolf

Book Overview

Philosophers typically see the issue of free will and determinism in terms of a debate between two standard positions. Incompatibilism holds that freedom and responsibility require causal and metaphysical independence from the impersonal forces of nature. According to compatibilism, people are free and responsible as long as their actions are governed by their desires. In Freedom Within Reason, Susan Wolf charts a path between these traditional positions:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195085655
• ISBN13: 9780195085655
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"