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Reasons-sensitivity and degrees of free will

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Some actions are free and others are not. But free will also comes in degrees. This paper offers a novel account of degrees of free will, taking as its starting point the idea that an action is free to the extent to which the agent was sensitive, in acting, to reasons for or against performing that action. Though lip service is often paid to the idea that reasons‐sensitivity comes in degrees, however, the details turn out to be harder to pin down than one might initially have thought. I criti...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1111/phpr.12738

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-7209-5980
Publisher:
Wiley Publisher's website
Journal:
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Journal website
Volume:
103
Issue:
3
Pages:
687-709
Publication date:
2020-11-17
Acceptance date:
2020-09-05
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ISSN:
0031-8205
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1135503
Local pid:
pubs:1135503
Deposit date:
2020-09-29

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