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Free Will Skepticism in Law and Society - Challenging Retributive Justice (Hardcover)
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Free Will Skepticism in Law and Society - Challenging Retributive Justice (Hardcover)
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'Free will skepticism' refers to a family of views that all take
seriously the possibility that human beings lack the control in
action - i.e. the free will - required for an agent to be truly
deserving of blame and praise, punishment and reward. Critics fear
that adopting this view would have harmful consequences for our
interpersonal relationships, society, morality, meaning, and laws.
Optimistic free will skeptics, on the other hand, respond by
arguing that life without free will and so-called basic desert
moral responsibility would not be harmful in these ways, and might
even be beneficial. This collection addresses the practical
implications of free will skepticism for law and society. It
contains eleven original essays that provide alternatives to
retributive punishment, explore what (if any) changes are needed
for the criminal justice system, and ask whether we should be
optimistic or pessimistic about the real-world implications of free
will skepticism.
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