The metaphysics of agency and free will; causation and explanation; determinism, indeterminism and natural laws; minimal agents (e.g. plants and insects); the ontology of the mind.
Political, moral, and legal philosophy: deontological ethics; justice; moral realism as a moral doctrine; legal positivism and legal objectivity; rights and freedom
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