Ascriptivism

Ascriptivism is the view that human beings are to be held responsible for their social actions.[1] Ascriptivists hold that to say 'an action was voluntary on the part of an agent' is not to describe 'the act as caused in a certain way', but to ascribe it to the agent, or to hold the agent responsible for it.[2]

References
  1. "Ismbook.com". ascriptivism. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  2. Peter Geach. "Hist-analytic.com". ascriptivism. Retrieved 2012-04-01.

Further reading
  • "Ascriptivism Resurrected: The Case for Ascriptivism". Action and Responsibility. Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. 18. 2006. pp. 19–32. doi:10.1007/1-4020-3982-4_2. ISBN 978-1-4020-3996-6.
  • "Ascriptivism Defended: The Case Against Ascriptivism". Action and Responsibility. Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. 18. 2006. pp. 33–50. doi:10.1007/1-4020-3982-4_3. ISBN 978-1-4020-3996-6.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.