Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility Volume 8

Auteur
Santiago Amaya is Associate Professor of Philosophy and co-director of the Moral Judgment and Emotion Lab at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá. His research is on various aspects of human moral psychology (including moral judgment, attributions of responsibility) and of the psychology of human agency (self-control, vigilance, among others). He has received grants from the Volkswagen Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, and the James S. McDonell Foundation. David Shoemaker is a Professor in the Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell University. He is the author of two monographs, over 60 papers, and the editor of numerous volumes. He has published in the areas of personal identity and ethics, agency and responsibility, moral psychology, political philosophy, and humor. His latest book is Wisecracks: Humor and Morality in Everyday Life (Chicago Press, 2024). He was associate editor at the journal Ethics for nearly seven years, as well as long-running co-editor of the ethics blog PEA Soup. Manuel Vargas is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California San Diego. His research focuses on the overlap of moral and psychological issues concerning human agency and freedom, the history of philosophy in Mexico, and issues in contemporary Latina/o/x/e philosophy.

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OSAR is a forum for outstanding new work in an area of vigorous and broad-ranging debate in philosophy and beyond. What is involved in human action? Can philosophy and science illuminate debate about free will? How should we answer questions about responsibility for action? This volume focuses on non-ideal agency and responsibility.