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Freedom and Self-Creation - Anselmian Libertarianism (Hardcover)
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Freedom and Self-Creation - Anselmian Libertarianism (Hardcover)
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Katherin A. Rogers presents a new theory of free will, based on the
thought of Anselm of Canterbury. We did not originally produce
ourselves. Yet, according to Anselm, we can engage in
self-creation, freely and responsibly forming our characters by
choosing 'from ourselves' (a se) between open options. Anselm
introduces a new, agent-causal libertarianism which is parsimonious
in that, unlike other agent-causal theories, it does not appeal to
any unique and mysterious powers to explain how the free agent
chooses. After setting out Anselm's original theory, Rogers defends
and develops it by addressing a series of standard problems
levelled against libertarianism. These include the problem of
'internalism-in that an agent is not the source of his original
motivations, how can the structure of his choice ground his
responsibility?; the problem of Frankfurt-style counterexamples-Do
we really need open options to choose freely?; and the problem of
luck-If nothing about an agent before he chooses explains his
choice, then isn't the choice just dumb luck? (The Anselmian answer
to this perennial criticism is especially innovative, proposing
that the critic has the relationship between choices and character
exactly backwards.) Finally, as a theory about self-creation,
Anselmian Libertarianism must defend the tracing thesis, the claim
that an agent can be responsible for character-determined choices,
if he, himself, formed his character through earlier a se choices.
Throughout, the book defends and exemplifies a new methodological
suggestion: someone debating free will ought to make his background
world view explicit. In the on-going debate over the possibility of
human freedom and responsibility, Anselmian Libertarianism
constitutes a new and plausible approach.
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