Freedom within reason / Susan Wolf.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index.

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1. The Dilemma of Autonomy (In Which the Problems of Responsibility and Free Will Are Presented); Setting Up the Problem(s): The Dilemma of Autonomy; Defending the Problem as a Problem: The Metaphysical Stance; 2. The Real Self View (In Which a Nonautonomous Conception of Free Will and Responsibility is Examined and Criticized); Relating the Problems of Free Will and Responsibility to Determinism; Avoiding Autonomy: Developing the Idea of an Agent's Real Self; Problems with the Real Self View.

3. The Autonomy View (In Which an Autonomous Conception of Free Will and Responsibility Is Examined and Criticized)The Apparent (but Only Apparent) Autonomy of Valuing Selves; Autonomy as the Ability to Make Radical Choices; The (Non)Desirability of Autonomy; A Last Voice in Favor of Autonomy: The Skeptic's Perspective; 4. The Reason View (In Which a Nonautonomous Conception of Free Will and Responsibility Is Proposed); The Reason View Compared with the Autonomy View; The Reason View Compared with the Real Self View; The Reason View as an Intermediary between the Other Views.

The Asymmetry of the Reason ViewThe Reason View Applied; Blameworthiness According to the Reason View; The Unity and Spirit of the Reason View; 5. Ability and Possibility (In Which the Implications of Determinism for Responsibility Are Discussed); Determinism and the Reason View; Conditional Analyses of Ability; An Alternative Characterization of Ability; The Story; The Moral of the Story; 6. The True and the Good (In Which the Metaethical Assumptions of the Reason View Are Examined); The Role of ""the True and the Good"" in the Reason View; The Metaethical Spectrum.

Varieties of AntiobjectivismConceptual Subjectivism's Implications for the Reason View; Normative Pluralism and Its Conjunction with the Reason View; How Much Freedom (and Reason) Do We Need?; Notes; Selected Readings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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