Incompatibilism's Allure: Principle Arguments for Incompatibilism

Ishtiyaque Haji

Nov 2008 · Broadview Press

About this ebook

The role of freedom in assigning moral responsibility is one of the deepest problems in metaphysics and moral theory. Incompatibilism’s Allure provides original analysis of the principal arguments for incompatibilism. Ishtiyaque Haji incisively examines the consequence argument, the direct argument, the deontic argument, the manipulation argument, the impossibility argument and the luck objection. He introduces the most important contemporary discussions in a manner accessible to advanced undergraduates, but also suited to professional philosophers. The result is a unique and compelling account for incompatibilism’s continuing allure.

About the author

Ishtiyaque Haji is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Calgary. He is the author of Freedom and Value: Freedom’s Influence on Welfare and Worldly Value (Springer, 2009); Deontic Morality and Control (Cambridge University Press, 2002); and Moral Appraisability: Puzzles, Proposals, and Perplexities (Oxford University Press, 1998).