Mapping responsibility : explorations in mind, law, myth, and culture / Herbert Fingarette ; with a foreword by Robert C. Solomon.

Author/creator Fingarette, Herbert
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago, Ill. : Open Court, ©2004.
Descriptionxii, 174 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Accepting responsibility -- Guilt and responsibility -- Orestes' task -- Retributive punishment -- Alcoholism and legal responsibility -- The concept of mental disorder -- Does coercion negate responsibility? -- Self-deception -- The Hindu perspective : the Bhagavad Gita -- The Confucian perspective : the self -- Responsibility and indeterminism -- Suffering -- Out of the whirlwind : the Book of Job.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 141-166) and index.
LCCN 2004007150
ISBN081269564X (trade pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BJ1451 .F48 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold