Liberty Worth the Name

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
CHAPTER 1: A Second Perfection......Page 25
FREEDOM OF ACTION......Page 26
FREEDOM OF WILL: THE NEGATIVE VIEWS......Page 34
Free Wills......Page 35
Free Volitions......Page 40
THE ELUSIVE SOMETHING AND FREEDOM OF WILL: THE POSITIVE VIEWS......Page 44
The First Edition......Page 45
The Second and Later Editions......Page 55
Some Consequences of the Second Edition Account......Page 74
FREEDOM OF WILL AND THE NATURAL LAW THEORY......Page 78
CONCLUSION......Page 84
CHAPTER 2: Volition and Voluntary Action......Page 88
ACTION AND ACTIVE POWERS......Page 91
Passion and Proper Action......Page 92
Active and Passive Power......Page 95
Two Degrees of Attributability......Page 98
WHAT ARE VOLITIONS?......Page 101
A Quick Look Back......Page 111
VOLUNTARY ACTION......Page 112
The Necessity of Causation by Volition for Voluntariness......Page 113
The (Non)Sufficiency of Causation by Volition for Voluntariness......Page 117
An Alternative Interpretation......Page 120
The Special Attributability of Voluntary Action......Page 125
CONCLUSION......Page 130
CHAPTER 3: Free Agency and Personal Identity......Page 131
CHOICE AND PERSONAL IDENTITY......Page 132
CONTEMPLATION OF (TEMPORALLY) ABSENT PLEASURE AND PAIN......Page 147
CONCLUSION......Page 152
Notes......Page 154
Bibliography......Page 174
C......Page 182
F......Page 183
M......Page 184
S......Page 185
Y......Page 186
Index Locorum......Page 188