The Importance of What We Care About: Philosophical Essays
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This 1988 volume is a collection of thirteen seminal essays on ethics, free will, and the philosophy of mind. The essays deal with such central topics as freedom of the will, moral responsibility, the concept of a person, the structure of the will, the nature of action, the constitution of the self, and the theory of personal ideals. By focusing on the distinctive nature of human freedom, Professor Frankfurt is able to explore fundamental problems of what it is to be a person and of what one should care about in life.
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eBCIs may be less threatening to authenticity when paired with an existentialist approach, according to which being true to oneself means living in accordance with values one has reflectively endorsed.
“However, eBCIs may be less threatening to authenticity when paired with an existentialist approach to authenticity (e.g., [59–61]), which says that that being true to oneself means living in accordance with values that one has reflectively endorsed.”
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- Authors
- Frankfurt, H. G.
- Corresponding author
- Frankfurt, Harry G.
- Venue
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 1988-05-27
- OpenAlex
- W4229621810
- Cited by
- 2,634
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 110 · 2025: 216 · 2024: 155 · 2023: 136 · 2022: 97 · 2021: 91 · 2020: 93 · 2019: 118 · 2018: 152 · 2017: 56 · 2016: 57 · 2015: 67 · 2014: 72 · 2013: 65 · 2012: 81
- FWCI
- 9.28
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Free Will and Agency
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Keywords
- free will, moral responsibility, nature of action, self-constitution, personal ideals, human freedom, ethics, philosophy of mind
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