... that military personnel are exposed to pressures that lead them to act as they do, then perhaps it is unfair to blame them for their actions. moral responsibility Waller James excuse blame determinism situationism character Doris John Milgram Stanley normative competence battlefield pressures Nelkin...

...-guiding authority. So because the ambivalent agent acts on a motive that lacks normative authority, she is not autonomous. Against this argument, the chapter argues that resolution of the sort that is necessary for autonomy only requires agents to be normatively competent. Ambivalence does not preclude...

... of the choices of agents who have capacities for practical reason and whose situation affords them the fair opportunity to avoid wrongdoing. This conception brings together the dimensions of normative competence and situational control, and normative competence is factored into cognitive and volitional...

... agency and responsibility in terms of our capacity for critical evaluation, or normative competence. We are agents because we have (and to the extent that we exercise) this capacity, and we are responsible to each other for our lives as reflections of our exercise of this capacity. The account...

... appeal to our capacity for normative competence. We are agents because we have this capacity and to the extent that we exercise it; we are responsible to each other for our lives together as reflections of our exercise of this capacity. The volume groups these 12 essays according to three prominent...

... of will ignorance normative competence reasons abilities of reflective self control ability Benson Paul moral reasons will opportunity Principle of Alternative Possibilities addiction motivational strength control opportunity to do otherwise extreme stress recklessness determinism moral...

... Zagzebski Linda reasons origination abilities of reflective self control normative competence self determination ability ability to do otherwise moral accountability No Opportunity Argument will answerability attributability Lipton Peter opportunity agency reductionism causal role...

...In Praise of Ambivalence. D. Justin Coates, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2023. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197652398.003.0007 What is well-functioning agency? This chapter argues that a necessary condition on well-functioning agency is normative competence. According...

... that identifies disunity of a certain form as being crucial for evaluative competence. unificationism autonomy wholeheartedness Plato Affirmation Argument Argument from Self Defeat ambivalence wholeheartedness agential unity autonomous agency autonomy meaningfulness integrity normative competence...

...This chapter discusses the interplay between agency theory, freedom, autonomy and normative competence in addressing women’s agency. Agency, like freedom, carries with it specific choices with corresponding actions; but, like autonomy, it goes through a life-long process because it varies...

... Herman Barbara Accountability blame moral agency normative competence reciprocity mutual recognition punishment “[M]oral judgments apply to people considered as possible participants in a system of co-deliberation.” —T.M. Scanlon ² “The willingness to take a chance on some form...

... voluntariness weakness of will James William normative competence appetites Elster Jon practical irrationality Wolf Susan Burgess Anthony A Clockwork Orange compulsive behavior Greenspan P S Payne Richard Portenoy Russell K Seeburger F belief critical evaluation Halikas James Kreek Jeanne...