Determin, Freedom, & Moral Respons C - Hardcover

by Bobzien (Author)

Determinism, Freedom, and Moral Responsibility features nine essays on determinism, freedom, and moral responsibility in ancient thought. Bobzien shows how the concept of free will entered metaphysical and moral debates only at a relatively late stage.

Author Biography

Susanne Bobzien, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford

Susanne Bobzien is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. She was previously Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, and before that a Tutorial Fellow at The Queens' and Balliol Colleges, Oxford. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and has been the recipient of a British Academy Research Readership and of a Fellowship of the National Endowment for the Humanities, among other grants. She is the author of several books, including Determinism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy (Oxford, 1999), and has published numerous articles both in contemporary philosophy and in ancient philosophy.