Against Moral Responsibility

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Contents Preface vii 1 Moral Responsibility 1 2 The Basic Argument against Moral Responsibility 19 3 Rescuing Free Will from Moral Responsibility 43 4 Hierarchical Free Will and Natural Authenticity 59 5 Moral Responsibility in the Gaps 75 6 Taking Responsibility 103 7 Responsibility for the Self You Make 115 8 The Illusory Benefits of Moral Responsibility 133 9 Character-Fault and Blame-Fault 153 10 What Does Not Follow from the Denial of Moral Responsibility: Living Morally without Moral Responsibility 179 11 The Moral Responsibility System 203 12 Begging the Question for Moral Responsibility 221 13 Does Moral Responsibility Promote Respect? 239 14 Creative Authorship without Ultimate Responsibility 257 15 A World without Moral Responsibility 277 16 Is It Possible to Eliminate Moral Responsibility? 305 Notes 325 References 329 Index 347 ...