PHIL 31.06 Free Will, Agency and Responsibility
What sorts of agents are we? Do we have free will? Are we ever truly the authors of our actions? Does science—whether physics or psychology or neuroscience—promise to give us the answers? What are the consequences for moral responsibility? The metaphysical, scientific and social dimensions of these classic questions in philosophy run deep through their history and are focal points of contemporary discussion.
Prerequisite
One Philosophy course, or permission of the instructor.