PHIL334L - Free Will

3 Credit(s)

Liberal Arts
This focus of this course is on current debates among analytic philosophers about the nature and scope of free agency and moral responsibility. Topics covered include foundational issues in the metaphysics of intentional agency, different theories of free agency, and the challenges the various theories face. Other possible topics that may be covered include challenges to theories of free will posed by recent developments in various sciences (such as neuroscience, physics, and psychology), debates over how best to distinguish between different ways of being morally responsible, and the connections between philosophical work on free agency and moral responsibility and jurisprudential conceptions of agency and responsibility in criminal and civil law.

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101L