Justifying Blame: Why Free Will Matters and Why It Does Not

Maureen Sie was born in 1966, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. She is employed as Assistant Professor of Meta-ethics at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her research concerns questions of Meta-ethics and theories of moral responsibility. Her most recent publication is the co-edited volume Reasons of One’s Own (Ashgate, 2004). Her previous publications on the subject of responsibility are: ＂Responsibility in Autonomy Undermining Circumstances,＂ Ethical Perspectives, 5, (1998), pp. 30-35; ＂Goodwill, Determinism and Justification,＂ Human Action, Deliberation and Causation, Jan Bransen and Stefaan E. Cuypers (eds.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, (1998), pp. 113-129; ＂Freedom and Blameworthiness,＂ Moral Responsibility and Ontology, Ton van den Beld (ed.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers (2000), pp. 113-128; ＂Mad, Bad, or Disagreeing? On Moral Competence and Responsibility,＂ Philosophical Explorations, 3 (September). Assen: Van Gorcum, (2001), pp. 262-281.