Hard luck: How luck undermines free will and moral responsibility

Abstract

The concept of luck plays an important role in debates concerning free will and moral responsibility. Neil Levy presents an original account of luck and argues that it undermines our freedom and moral responsibility no matter whether determinism is true or not. An account of luck – Luck and Libertarianism – The luck problem for Compatibilists – The epistemic dimensions of control – Akratic freedom? – The retreat to the inner citadel – Quality of Will theories and history-insensitive compatibilism.