Freedom, Responsibility, and Value: Essays in Honor of John Martin Fischer - Paperback

by Taylor W. Cyr (Editor), Andrew Law (Editor), Neal A. Tognazzini (Editor)

This volume celebrates the career of John Martin Fischer. It gathers new essays by leading scholars on some of the major themes of Fischer's work and includes a new piece by Fischer in which he offers a systematic reflection on and defense of the motivations that have shaped his theorizing about moral responsibility.

Author Biography

Taylor W. Cyr is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Samford University. His main interests lie at the intersection of metaphysics and ethics, especially issues surrounding free will and moral responsibility. He has published articles in Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophical Quarterly, and Philosophical Studies, among other journals.

Andrew Law is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Leibniz University Hannover. His primary research is on the metaphysics of free will, although he has interests in philosophy of time and philosophy of religion. His work has appeared in Australasian Journal of Philosophy and Philosophical Studies, among other journals.

Neal A. Tognazzini is a Professor of Philosophy at Western Washington University, specializing in moral psychology and the metaphysics of free will. He is co-editor of Blame: Its Nature and Norms (Oxford, 2013), and his work has appeared in Ethics, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and Thought, among other venues.