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Argues that a deterministic world does not preclude moral responsibility, rationality, and love - in short, meaningful lives - but that there would still be something lamentable about a deterministic world.

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"This volume is a very interesting and clearly written contribution to the literature on free will and determinism."--Choice

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 CHAPTER ONE: Praise and Blame: Toward a New Compatibilism 9 CHAPTER TWO: Reason Responsiveness in a Deterministic World 40 CHAPTER THREE: Ought Implies Can? An Argument from Epistemology 86 INTERLUDE: The Science Fiction of Mind Design 109 CHAPTER FOUR: When Cheap Will Just Won't Do 117 Bibliography 139 Index 143

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 06/08/2006
      ISBN13: 9780691124339, 978-0691124339
      ISBN10: 0691124337
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Argues that a deterministic world does not preclude moral responsibility, rationality, and love - in short, meaningful lives - but that there would still be something lamentable about a deterministic world.

      Trade Review
      "This volume is a very interesting and clearly written contribution to the literature on free will and determinism."--Choice

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 CHAPTER ONE: Praise and Blame: Toward a New Compatibilism 9 CHAPTER TWO: Reason Responsiveness in a Deterministic World 40 CHAPTER THREE: Ought Implies Can? An Argument from Epistemology 86 INTERLUDE: The Science Fiction of Mind Design 109 CHAPTER FOUR: When Cheap Will Just Won't Do 117 Bibliography 139 Index 143

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