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Thomas Hobbes
In Timothy O'Connor & Constantine Sandis, A Companion to the Philosophy of Action. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 473–480 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Hobbes' Target Human Action Animal Action Hobbes' Theory of Action and Freedom References: primary sources Further reading: secondary sources.Author's Profile
Thomas Hobbes, original account of human action and of its freedom extended development of theory ‐ in The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity and Chance Hobbes' theory of action ‐ transformed and dominated subsequent English‐language action theory Hobbes' target ‐ blame involving idea of a special or moral responsibility freedom is a two‐way kind of power ‐ determine things for ourselves, naturally conceived by us as freedom human action ‐ eliciting actions and commanded actions animal action ‐ passions and actions motivated by them Hobbes' theory of action and freedom liberty, absence of impediments to action ‐ in intrinsical quality of the agent
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Made with Words: Hobbes on Language, Mind, and Politics.Philip Pettit - 2009 - Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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