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Choice, Freedom, and Responsibility in Ancient Chinese Confucianism

Choice, Freedom, and Responsibility in Ancient Chinese Confucianism Abstract: Galen Strawson has argued that genuine freedom and responsibility are impossible for human agents because there is an infinite regress in determining the ultimate principles of choice of our action. This essay attempts to refute this position by providing a Confucian argument that (1) one's choice of the principles by means of which one chooses to act in a particular way can be made through a deliberative process that examines what Strawson seems to consider higher-order principles of choice in comparison to other possibilities, and that (2) this fact makes it possible that Strawson's infinite regress does not really occur. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Philosophy East and West University of Hawai'I Press

Choice, Freedom, and Responsibility in Ancient Chinese Confucianism

Philosophy East and West , Volume 63 (1) – Jan 20, 2013

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Abstract

Abstract: Galen Strawson has argued that genuine freedom and responsibility are impossible for human agents because there is an infinite regress in determining the ultimate principles of choice of our action. This essay attempts to refute this position by providing a Confucian argument that (1) one's choice of the principles by means of which one chooses to act in a particular way can be made through a deliberative process that examines what Strawson seems to consider higher-order principles of choice in comparison to other possibilities, and that (2) this fact makes it possible that Strawson's infinite regress does not really occur.

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Philosophy East and WestUniversity of Hawai'I Press

Published: Jan 20, 2013

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