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100Mapping higher-level causal efficacySynthese 199 (3-4): 8533-8554. 2021.A central argument for non-reductive accounts of group agency is that complex social entities are capable of exerting causal influence independently of and superseding the causal efficacy of the individuals constituting them. A prominent counter is that non-reductionists run into an insuperable dilemma between identity and redundancy – with identity undermining independent higher-level efficacy and redundancy leading to overdetermination or exclusion. This paper argues that critics of non-reduct…Read more
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19The concept of causation is essential to ascribing moral and legal responsibility since the only way an agent can make a difference in the world is through her acts causing things to happen. Yet the extent and manner in which the complex features of causation bear on responsibility ascriptions remain unclear. I present an analysis of four aspects of causation which yields new insights into different properties of responsibility and offers increased plausibility to certain moral views. Chapter I …Read more
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University of St. AndrewsGraduate student
St Andrews, FIfe, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Interest
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Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Action |
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Philosophy of Law |
Social and Political Philosophy |