The Importance of What We Care About - Philosophical Essays

A collection of 13 seminal essays on ethics, free will and the philosophy of mind. A recurrent preoccupation is the role that necessity plays in the achievement of genuine autonomy. The author explores fundamental problems of what it is to be a person and of what one should care about in life.This 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 ale to explore fundamental problems of what it is to be a person and of what one should care about in life.