The Contours of Agency - by Sarah Buss & Lee Overton (Paperback)

About the Book

A wide range of philosophical essays informed by the work of Harry Frankfurt, who offers a response to each essay.

Book Synopsis

A wide range of philosophical essays informed by the work of Harry Frankfurt, who offers a response to each essay.

The original essays in this book address Harry Frankfurt's influential writing on personal identity, love, value, moral responsibility, and the freedom and limits of the human will. Many of Frankfurt's deepest insights come from exploring the self-reflective nature of human agents and the psychic conflicts that self-reflection often produces. His work has informed discussions in metaphysics, metaethics, normative ethics, and action theory.

The authors, recognized for their own contributions to the understanding of human agency, defend their original philosophical positions at the same time that they respond to Frankfurt's. Each essay is followed by a response from Frankfurt, in which he clarifies and elaborates on his views.

Review Quotes

"Contours of Agency promises to be one of the most important and most widely read anthologies in moral philosophy and the philosophy of mind in many years."--Gideon Rosen, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University

" Contours of Agency promises to be one of the most important and most widely read anthologies in moral philosophy and the philosophy of mind in many years." --Gideon Rosen, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University

" Contours of Agency promises to be one of the most important and most widely read anthologies in moral philosophy and the philosophy of mind in many years." --Gideon Rosen, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University

--Gideon Rosen, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University

About the Author

Sarah Buss is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan.

Lee Overton is Visiting Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University.