In Manipulated Agents, Alfred R. Mele examines the role one's history plays in whether or not one is morally responsible for one's actions. Mele develops a "history-sensitive" theory of moral responsibility through reflection on a wide range of thought experiments which feature agents who have been manipulated or designed in ways that directly affect their actions.

• Preface


• Chapter 1. Introduction


• Chapter 2. Internalism and Externalism


• Chapter 3. Instant Agents, Minutelings, and Radical Reversals


• Chapter 4. Must Compatibilists Be Internalists?


• Chapter 5. Bullet Biting and Beyond


• Chapter 6. Wrapping Things Up


• Appendix: Experimental Philosophy


• References


• Index

Alfred R. Mele is the William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. He is the author of ten previous OUP books and over 200 articles and an editor of six OUP books. He is past director of two multi-million dollar, interdisciplinary projects: the Big Questions in Free Will project (2010-13) and the Philosophy and Science of Self-Control project (2014-17).