The Philosophy of Luck -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introductory Note -- 1 Luck as Risk and the Lack of Control Account of Luck -- 1. Two Senses of Risk -- 2. Event-Relative Risk: Modal and Probabilistic Interpretations -- 3. Event-Relative Risk: Modal or Probabilistic? -- 4. Agent-Relative Risk as Lack of Control -- 5. Four Combinations of Risks, Two Ways of Being Lucky (or Fortunate) -- 6. An Account of the Notion of Control -- 7. The Lack of Control Account of Luck and Its Counterexamples -- 8. Conclusions -- References -- 2 Strokes of Luck -- 1. Three Leading Theories of Luck -- 2. Counterexamples to the Leading Theories -- 3. Lucky Events and Strokes of Luck -- 4. The Strokes Account of Lucky Events: Further Support and Defense -- 5. Strokes of Luck: An Analysis and Some Important Implications -- 6. The Enriched Strokes Account of Lucky Events: Further Support and Defense -- 7. The Enriched Strokes Account and the Counterexamples to the Leading Theories -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Luck Attributions and Cognitive Bias -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Method -- 3. Results -- 4. Discussion -- Option 1 -- Option 2 -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 Frankfurt in Fake Barn Country -- 1 -- 2 -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5 Luck and Free Will -- 1. Some Background -- 2. Luck and Agent Causation -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6 You Make Your Own Luck -- 1. Luck Properly Under Control -- 2. Lucky Locutions -- 3. "Intervening" and "Environmental" Luck -- 4. Moving Forward -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7 Subject-Involving Luck -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Subject-Relative Luck Versus Subject-Involving Luck -- 3. Epistemic Luck and Moral Luck Are Instances of Subject-Involving Luck -- 4. Subject-Involving Luck and Lack of Control Accounts of Luck -- 5. Objections -- Objection 1 -- Reply to Objection 1.

Objection 2 -- Reply to Objection 2 -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 8 The Modal Account of Luck -- 1. Anti-Luck Epistemology and the Modal Account of Luck in Outline -- 2. Luck, Significance, and Subjectivity -- 3. Modality and Luck -- 4. Luck and Neighbouring Notions -- 5. The Modal Account of Luck and Its Rivals -- 6. Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9 The Machinations of Luck -- 1. Luck's Partners: Fate and Fortune -- 2. Luck Is Statistical in Its Dependence on the Prevailing Context -- 3. Is Luck Objective or Subjective? -- 4. Luck Depends on What Follows -- 5. Can One Control Luck? -- 6. Can One Measure Luck? -- 7. Retrospect -- 8. Concluding Worries -- Reference -- 10 Luck, Knowledge, and "Mere" Coincidence -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Having No Luck with "Luck" -- 3. Sunrise Cases -- Accidental Slayer -- Savvy Slayer -- 4. Mere Coincidence -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- 11 The Unbearable Uncertainty Paradox -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Formal Analysis of the Unbearable Uncertainty Paradox -- 3. Heuristics, Biases, and Beyond -- 4. A Taxonomy of the UUP -- 5. The Phenomenology of the UUP -- 6. How Irrational Is the UUP? -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 12 Getting Moral Luck Right -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What Is Moral Luck? -- 3. The Lack of Control and Modal Accounts of Luck -- 4. Modal Moral Luck -- 5. Problem 1: The Inclusivity Problem -- 6. An Action-Orientated Solution -- 7. Problem 2: The Significance Problem -- 8. Solution: Relativising the Significance Condition -- References -- Index -- EULA.