Moral Responsibility and Consciousness

Our goal in this paper is to raise a general question about the relationship between theories of responsibility, on the one hand, and a commitment to conscious attitudes, on the other. The evidence from cognitive science suggests that there are no conscious mental states playing the right causal rol...

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Authors: King, Matt (Author) ; Carruthers, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2012
In: Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2012, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 200-228
Further subjects:B Consciousness
B Psychology
B Real Self views
B Moral Responsibility
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