eprintid: 10197495
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creators_name: Gingerich, J
title: Spontaneous Freedom
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divisions: UCL
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abstract: Spontaneous freedom, the freedom of unplanned and unscripted activity en-joyed by “free spirits,” is central to everyday talk about “freedom.” Yet the freedom of spontaneity is absent from contemporary moral philosophers’ theories of free-dom. This article begins to remedy the philosophical neglect of spontaneous free-dom. I offer an account of the nature of spontaneous freedom and make a case for its value. I go on to show how an understanding of spontaneous freedom clarifies the free will debate by helping to make sense of the libertarian claim that compa-tibilist varieties of freedom do not allow for genuine novelty and creativity.
date: 2022-10
date_type: published
publisher: University of Chicago Press
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/720778
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
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elements_id: 2320159
doi: 10.1086/720778
lyricists_name: Gingerich, Jonathan
lyricists_id: JGING09
actors_name: Gingerich, Jonathan
actors_id: JGING09
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Ethics
volume: 133
number: 1
pagerange: 38-71
citation:        Gingerich, J;      (2022)    Spontaneous Freedom.                   Ethics , 133  (1)   pp. 38-71.    10.1086/720778 <https://doi.org/10.1086/720778>.       Green open access   
 
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