DENNETT ON FREEDOM

  1. Alfred R. Mele

Article first published online: 6 JUL 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2005.00380.x

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Metaphilosophy

Metaphilosophy

Volume 36, Issue 4, pages 414–426, July 2005

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Mele, A. R. (2005), DENNETT ON FREEDOM. Metaphilosophy, 36: 414–426. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2005.00380.x

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  1. Department of Philosophy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306–1500, USA almele@mailer.fsu.edu

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  1. Issue published online: 6 JUL 2005
  2. Article first published online: 6 JUL 2005

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Keywords:

  • agents' histories;
  • autonomy;
  • avoidability;
  • avoidance;
  • compatibilism;
  • Dennett;
  • free will;
  • manipulation;
  • moral responsibility.

Abstract: In his Freedom Evolves (2003) Daniel Dennett criticizes a view I defend in Autonomous Agents (1995) about the importance of agents' histories for autonomy, freedom, and moral responsibility and defends a competing view. Our disagreement on this issue is the major focus of this article. Additional topics are manipulation, avoidance, and avoidability.

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