DENNETT ON FREEDOM

Author: Mele, Alfred R.

Source: Metaphilosophy, Volume 36, Number 4, July 2005 , pp. 414-426(13)

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Abstract:

In his Freedom Evolves (2003) Daniel Dennett criticizes a view I defend in Autonomous Agents (1995) about the importance of agents' histories for autonomy, freedom, and moral responsibility and defends a competing view. Our disagreement on this issue is the major focus of this article. Additional topics are manipulation, avoidance, and avoidability.

Keywords: agents' histories; autonomy; avoidability; avoidance; compatibilism; Dennett; free will; manipulation; moral responsibility

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9973.2005.00380.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Philosophy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306–1500, USA , Email: almele@mailer.fsu.edu

Publication date: 2005-07-01