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Compatibilism as Non-Ideal Theory: A ManifestoIn David Shoemaker, Santiago Amaya & Manuel Vargas (eds.), Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility Volume 8: Non-Ideal Agency and Responsibility, Oxford University Press. 2024.This paper articulates and responds to a challenge to contemporary compatibilist views of free will. Despite the popularity and appeal of compatibilist theories, many are left with lingering doubts about compatibilism. This paper explains this doubt in terms of the absurdity challenge: because a compatibilist accepts that they do not have causal access to all the actual sufficient causal sources of their own agency, the compatibilist can find their own agency absurd. By taking a cue from politic…Read more
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Compassion and Moral Responsibility in Avatar: The Last Airbender: “I was never angry; I was afraid that you had lost your way”In Helen De Cruz & Johan De Smedt (eds.), Avatar: The Last Airbender and Philosophy: Wisdom From Aang to Zuko, Wiley-blackwell. 2022.
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California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoDepartment of PhilosophyAssistant Professor
APA Western Division
San Luis Obispo County, California, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
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Free Will |
Moral Responsibility |
Action Theory |
Metaphysics |
Moral Psychology |
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Areas of Interest
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Philosophy of Mind |
Social Philosophy |
Philosophy of Religion |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
Metaphilosophy |
P. F. Strawson |