Essays on Free Will and Moral Responsibility
Edited by
Nick Trakakis and Daniel Cohen
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Essays on Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Edited by Nick Trakakis and Daniel Cohen This book first published 2008 Cambridge Scholars Publishing 12 Back Chapman Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2XX, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2008 by Nick Trakakis and Daniel Cohen and contributors All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-84718-867-2, ISBN (13): 9781847188670
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ..................................................................................... vii Introduction ............................................................................................. ix Nick Trakakis and Daniel Cohen 1. Derk Pereboom Defending Hard Incompatibilism Again ..................................................... 1 2. Nick Trakakis Whither Morality in a Hard Determinist World? ...................................... 34 3. Trevor Pisciotta Meaningfulness, Hard Determinism and Objectivity................................. 71 4. Manuel Vargas Moral Influence, Moral Responsibility...................................................... 90 5. J.J.C. Smart The Illusion of Libertarian Free Will ...................................................... 123 6. Neil Levy Restrictivism is a Covert Compatibilism ................................................. 129 7. Robert Kane Three Freedoms, Free Will and Self-Formation: A Reply to Levy and Other Critics..................................................................................... 142 8.