{"product_id":"9781119668909","title":"Moral Luck","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMidwest Studies in Philosophy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMoral Luck\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAndrew C. Khoury | Howard K. Wettstein | Peter A. French\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Eastern\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of us are inclined to accept something like the following principle: We can only be properly morally assessed for what is in our control. And yet our ordinary practices seem to frequently violate this principle. The resulting tension, and the attempt to resolve it, is the problem of moral luck. For example, we tend to punish and think worse of the negligent driver who kills a child than we do the equally negligent driver who was lucky there was no child in his path. Thus, the lucky outcomes of our actions do seem to affect the extent to which we hold and are held responsible, but these are not things over which we exercise control. And, as Thomas Nagel famously illustrated in his response to Bernard Williams (the two of which papers form the founding documents of the moral luck debate), the influence of luck is not limited to outcomes. For the circumstances in which we find ourselves and, indeed, our very constitution are also shaped by luck. Since the publication of Williams’ and Nagel’s papers, the existence and breadth of moral luck has been hotly debated. This debate is not a mere intellectual trifle but, as the essays in this volume illustrate, a debate which lies at the heart of free will, responsibility, identity, causation, and self-creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew C. Khoury\u003c\/b\u003e is Instructor of Philosophy at Arizona State University. Prior to that he was Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics. He has published in a number of journals including \u003ci\u003eAustralasian Journal of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Philosophical Association\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward K. Wettstein \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. His Ph.D. is from the City University of New York and his B.A. from Yeshiva College. In 2013 his book \u003ci\u003eThe Significance of Religious Experience \u003c\/i\u003ewas published by Oxford University Press. Earlier books include \u003ci\u003eHas Semantics Rested On a Mistake? and Other Essays \u003c\/i\u003e(Stanford University Press, 1991) and \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Prism: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language \u003c\/i\u003e(Oxford University Press, 2004). He has edited or co-edited several volumes including \u003ci\u003eThemes From Kaplan \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDiasporas and Exiles: Varieties of Jewish Identity\u003c\/i\u003e. Wettstein senses the approach of his forthexisting book, \u003ci\u003eThe Fabric of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter A. French\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Lincoln Professor of Ethics and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University. He was the Founding Director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics and its Director from 2000 to 2013. Before that he was the Cole Chair in Ethics, Director of the Ethics Center, and Chair of the Department of Philosophy of the University of South Florida. He was the Lennox Distinguished Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Trinity University, and served as Exxon Distinguished Research Professor in the Center for the Study of Values at the University of Delaware. During his 51-year career in academia he has also been a professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota, Morris, Dalhousie University, and Northern Arizona University. Dr. French earned a B.A. from Gettysburg College, an M.A. from the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. from the University of Miami, and did post doctoral work at Oxford University. He was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) degree for his work in philosophy from Gettysburg College in 2006. Dr. French is the author of twenty-one books including \u003ci\u003eWar and Moral Dissonance; The Virtues of Vengeance; Cowboy Metaphysics; Ethics and College Sports; Corporate Ethics; Responsibility Matters; Collective and Corporate Responsibility; Ethics in Government; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Scope of Morality\u003c\/i\u003e. Some of his works have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, German, Italian, French, Serbian, and Spanish. Dr. French also was the editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Social Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published scores of articles in the major philosophical and legal journals and reviews, many of which have been anthologized. In 2008 the APA's \u003ci\u003eNewsletter on Philosophy and Law \u003c\/i\u003ededicated an issue to him, and at its 2014 Central Division meetings in Chicago, the APA honored him with a session on his work. Fifteen philosophers and legal theorists contributed chapters to the book \u003ci\u003eReflections on Ethics and Responsibility: Essays in Honor of Peter A. French\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Zachary Goldberg (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 October 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119668909\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e500\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380005433484,"sku":"9781119668909","price":43.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119668909.jpg?v=1780170339","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119668909","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}