Neil Levy presents an original theory of freedom and responsibility.

It follows that if there are any actions for which agents are responsible, they are akratic actions; but even these are unacceptably subject to luck.

This book challenges the view that bad beliefs - beliefs that blatantly conflict with easily available evidence - can largely be explained by widespread irrationality, instead arguing that ordinary people are rational agents whose beliefs ...

This book explores questions such as when is it permissible to alter a person's memories, influence personality traits or read minds?

How could this be 'right' These are just some of the questions tackled by Neil Levy in an incisive and elegant guide to the philosophy of moral relativism - the idea that concepts of 'rightness' and 'wrongness' vary from culture to culture, ...

What exactly is self-control? If we lose control can we still be free? Can we be held responsible for loss of self-control?

This book is the first to draw together leading experts on every aspect of free will, from those who are central to the current philosophical debates, to non-western perspectives, to scientific contributions and to those who know the rich ...

Peer review is supposed to ensure that published work, in philosophy and in other disciplines, meets high standards of rigor and interest.

This volume collects recent prominent explorations of this theme, as well as the voices of dissenters who argue that our minds are far more significantly the product of culture than of evolution.

This book examines that claim by focusing on two exemplary figures, representative of modernity and postmodernity respectively: Jean-Paul Sartre and Michel Foucault.