New Advances in Causation, Agency and Moral Responsibility
This volume brings together a number of previously unpublished essays that will advance the reader’s philosophical understanding of specific aspects of causation, agency and moral responsibility. These are deeply intertwined notions, and a large proportion of the volume is taken up by papers that shed light on their mutual connections or defend certain claims concerning them.
The volume investigates several important questions, including: Can causation be perceived? If it can, can it be perceived in any way other than visually? Can the interventionist theory developed by James Woodward offer an adequate account of causation? Is a causal relation a necessary condition for moral responsibility? Can there be a responsibility difference without a causal difference? Are causal ascriptions based on the more primitive language game of blame ascriptions? What can be learnt from the analogy between causal interference and unbreakable processes, on one side, and motivational interferences and “unbreakable” resolutions, on the other side? How can humans be routinely considered responsible for non-deliberated omissions? Should the connection between moral responsibility and the epistemic conditions usually required for moral responsibility to be obtained be weakened? What is the connection between awareness of one’s doing and intentional action?
Fabio Bacchini is Professor of Epistemology at the University of Sassari, Italy. He has written on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, nanoethics, bioethics, and rational argumentation in ethics. His current research interests focus on philosophy of perception, mental causation, and the metaphysics of causation.
Fabio Bacchini is Professor of Epistemology at the University of Sassari, Italy. He has written on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, nanoethics, bioethics, and rational argumentation in ethics. His current research interests focus on philosophy of perception, mental causation, and the metaphysics of causation.
Stefano Caputo is Lecturer in Philosophy and Theory of Languages at the University of Sassari, Italy. He is the author of Fattori di Verità [Truth-Makers] (2005) and of various papers on the theory of truth, including “The Dependence of Truth on Being: Is There a Problem for Minimalism?” (2013), “Three Dilemmas for Alethic Functionalism” (2012), and “Truth-Making: What It Is not and What It Could Be” (2007).
Massimo Dell’Utri teaches Philosophy of Language at the University of Sassari, Italy. He is the author of a book on Hilary Putnam’s realism and a book on alethic deflationism, and published a collection of essays on epistemology and metaphysics. His current research focuses on epistemological and metaphysical issues, especially the concept of truth.
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