Manipulation Arguments, Basic Desert, and Moral Responsibility: Assessing Derk Pereboom’s Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in Life
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DOI: 10.1007/s11572-015-9388-8
Abstract: AbstractIn this paper I critically assess Derk Pereboom’s book, Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in Life. In it, I resist Pereboom’s manipulation argument for incompatibilism and his indictment of desert-based accounts of moral responsibility. read more here.
Keywords: free agency; meaning life; derk pereboom; moral responsibility ... See more keywords
The Automated General Manager: Can an Algorithmic System for Drafts, Trades, and Free Agency Outperform Human Front Offices?
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DOI: 10.1080/24704067.2017.1389248
Abstract: ABSTRACT An automated system using machine learning methods, applied to a broad historical database, while avoiding survivorship bias, and for a variety of performance metrics, is developed and tested against actual historical human performance, for… read more here.
Keywords: free agency; automated general; system; general manager ... See more keywords
Inequivalent Out-Groups in “The Decision III”: The Free Agency of LeBron James and the Power of Sport Rivalry
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DOI: 10.1123/ijsc.2019-0047
Abstract: This study investigated how LeBron James’s free-agency decision in 2018 influences sport fans’ image impressions of him with in-groups (Cleveland Cavaliers) and out-groups (all other NBA teams) compared. In the months preceding James’s free-agency decision,… read more here.
Keywords: decision; free agency; lebron james; inequivalent groups ... See more keywords