My Way Essays on Moral Responsibility [Oxford U.P.] 2006.pdf

MY WAY

Essays on Moral Responsibility

John Martin Fischer

2006

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Fischer, John Martin, 1952–

My way: essays on moral responsibility / John Martin Fischer.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction, A framework for moral responsibility—Responsibility and

alternative possibilities—Responsiveness and moral responsibility—Responsibility

for omissions—Responsibility and self-expression—Frankfurt-style compatibilism—

Responsibility and agent-causation—The transfer of nonresponsibility—Transfer

principles and moral responsibility—Free will and moral responsibility—

“Ought-implies-can,” causal determinism, and moral responsibility—

Responsibility and manipulation.

ISBN-13 978-0-19-517955-2

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1. Responsibility. 2. Free will and determinism. I. Title.

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To my undergraduate teacher at Stanford University, who ﬁrst in-

troduced me to these issues and has been a source of inspiration

throughout my career: Michael Bratman.

To my dissertation committee at Cornell University, who com-

bined extraordinary conscientiousness (and patience) with great

philosophical insight: Carl Ginet, chair; Sydney Shoemaker; and

T. H. Irwin.

To three colleagues at Yale University, from whom I learned much

about these issues, and whose friendship has sustained me over the

years: Harry Frankfurt, Anthony Brueckner, and Phillip Bricker.

And to my colleague at the University of California, Riverside,

who is both a tremendous philosopher and a great friend: Gary

Watson.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Permission to reprint the following articles is hereby acknowledged:

“Responsibility and Alternative Possibilities,” in D. Widerker and M.

McKenna (eds), Moral Responsibility and Alternative Possibilities: Essays on the Im-

portance of Alternative Possibilities (Ashgate, 2003): 27–52; based on Chapter 7 of

John Martin Fischer, The Metaphysics of Free Will: An Essay on Control (Blackwell,

1994): 131–159.

“Responsiveness and Moral Responsibility,” in Ferdinand Schoeman (ed.), Re-

sponsibility, Character, and the Emotions: New Essays on Moral Psychology (Cam-

bridge University Press, 1987): 81–106; reprinted in Derk Pereboom (ed.), Free

Will (Hackett, 1997): 214–241.

“Responsibility for Omissions,” Chapter 5 of John Martin Fischer and Mark

Ravizza, Responsibility and Control: A Theory of Moral Responsibility (Cambridge

University Press, 1998): 123–150.

“Responsibility and Self-Expression,” The Journal of Ethics , Vol. 3, No. 4

(1999): 277–297.

“Frankfurt-Style Compatibilism,” in S. Buss and L. Overton, eds., Contours of

Agency: Essays on Themes from Harry Frankfurt (MIT Press 2002): 1–26; reprinted

in Gary Watson, ed., Oxford Readings on Free Will (Second Edition), (Oxford Uni-

versity Press, 2003): 190–211.

“Responsibility and Agent-Causation,” in D. Widerker and M. McKenna

(eds), Moral Responsibility and Alternative Possibilities: Essays on the Importance of

Alternative Possibilities (Ashgate, 2003): 235–250.

“The Transfer of Non-Responsibility,” in J. Campbell, M. O’Rourke, and D.

Shier, (eds.), Freedom and Determinism: Topics in Contemporary Philosophy Series

Vol. 2 (MIT Press, 2004), pp. 189–209.

Eleonore Stump and John Martin Fischer, “Transfer Principles and Moral Re-

sponsibility,” Philosophical Perspectives , Vol. 14 (2000): 47–56.

Chapter 10 is an expanded version of “Free Will and Moral Responsibility,” in

viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

David Copp, ed., Oxford Handbook on Ethical Theory (Oxford: Oxford University

Press, 2006).

“ ‘Ought-Implies-Can,’ Causal Determinism, and Moral Responsibility,” Analy-

sis , Vol. 63, No. 3 (July 2003): 244–250.

“Responsibility and Manipulation,” The Journal of Ethics Vol. 8, No. 2 (2004):

145–77.

Permission to reprint the following poetry and song lyrics is hereby acknowledged:

by Harcourt, Inc., and renewed in 1964 by T. S. Eliot, reprinted by permission of

the publisher.

“My Way,” English words by Paul Anka, original French words by Gilles

permission.

“When Do I Get to sing ‘My Way,’ ” lyrics by Ron Mael and Russell Mael.

ministered on behalf of Avenue Louise Music (ASCAP) by Musik-Edition Disco-

ton GMBH (GEMA). All rights for the U.S. on behalf of Musik-Edition Discoton

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