iA Companion to the Philosophy of Actioni offers a comprehensive overview of the issues and problems central to the philosophy of action. ulliThe first volume to survey the entire field of philosophy of action the central issues and processes relating to human actions liliBrings together specially commissioned chapters from international experts liliDiscusses a range of ideas and doctrines, including rationality, free will and determinism, virtuous action, criminal responsibility, Attribution Theory, and rational agency in evolutionary perspective liliIndividual chapters also cover prominent historic figures from Plato to Ricoeur liliCan be approached as a complete narrative, but also serves as a work of reference liliOffers rich insights into an area of philosophical thought that has attracted thinkers since the time of the ancient Greeks liul