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Action and Responsibility (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006)
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Action and Responsibility (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006)
Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, 18
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This book is an exploration of what it takes for an event to count
as an action. I first became interested in this topic nearly a
decade ago while working on a different topic. I kept coming across
philosophers making claims about the nature of action that seemed
false or at least dubious to me. As a consequence I turned to the
philosophy of action directly, to get to the heart of the matter. I
have wrestled with this territory ever since. I hope that, with
this book, I have finally earned the intuitions that put me at odds
with the philosophers I was originally reading. This book develops
ideas in Part Two of my doctoral dissertation, which I wrote at
Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. I loved being at
Queen's, for both professional and personal reasons. My thanks go
to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
for financial support as a doctoral candidate. Steve Leighton and
Ronald de Sousa were readers for my dissertation. They provided
some early and invaluable challenges to the ideas developed here.
My deepest debt of gratitude is owed to David Bakhurst, my
supervisor. I learned a lot from David; this book would not be the
same without his help.
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