Personal responsibility : why it matters / Alexander Brown.
Personal responsibility : why it matters / Alexander Brown.
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London : Continuum, c2009.
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N170/280
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English
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Physical content
viii, 214 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- What is personal responsibility? -- Ordinary language -- Common conceptions -- What do philosophers mean by responsibility? -- Personally responsible for what? -- What do philosophers think? part I -- Causes -- Capacity -- Control -- Choice versus brute luck -- Second-order attitudes...
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Publisher
London : Continuum, c2009.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2009.
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Summary
"Personal responsibility is now very much on the political agenda. But what is personal responsibility? Why do we care about it? And what, if anything, should governments do to promote it? This book explores the idea that individuals bear a special responsibility for the success or failure of their own lives looking at philosophical theories, polit...
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Personal responsibility : why it matters / Alexander Brown.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2009.
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N170/280
Record Identifier
74VvaqeXVAp3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvaqeXVAp3
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ISBN
1847063985 (hbk.)
9781847063991 (pbk.)
1847063993 (pbk.)
9781847063984 (hbk.)
DDC
170
MMS ID
991010282389702626
