Coercion and the varieties of free action
Are we free? What does "freedom" mean here? In the following, I shall only focus with freedom oi action. My main thesis is that there is not just one basic type of free action but more. Philosophers, howeverl tend to assume that there is just one way to act freely. Hence, a more detailed a...
- Autores:
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Baumann, Peter
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2003
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/28546
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/28546
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/18594/
- Palabra clave:
- Filosofía
ética
coercion
exploitation
freedom of action
freedom of will
interference
offers
threats
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | Are we free? What does "freedom" mean here? In the following, I shall only focus with freedom oi action. My main thesis is that there is not just one basic type of free action but more. Philosophers, howeverl tend to assume that there is just one way to act freely. Hence, a more detailed analysis of free action is being called foro I will distinguish between different kinds offree action and discuss the relations between them. The analysis of different types of coercion will lead to a different view on freedom -a view which stresses the many faces of free action-. |
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