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A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will

Robert Kane

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Acknowledgments 1. The Free Will Problem 2. Compatibilism 3. Incompatibilism 4. Libertarianism, Indeterminism, and Chance 5. Minds, Selves, and Agent Causes 6. Actions, Reasons, and Causes 7. Is Free Will Possible? Hard Determinists and Other Skeptics 8. Moral Responsibility and Alternative Possibilities 9. Higher-order Desires, Real Selves, and New Compatibilists 10. Reactive Attitude Theories 11. Ultimate Responsibility 12. Free Will and Modern Science 13. Predestination, Divine Foreknowledge, and Free Will 14. Conclusion: Five Freedoms Notes Index

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Key concepts: Free will, Compatibilism, Predestination, Indeterminism, Incompatibilism, Libertarianism, Foreknowledge, Moral responsibility