Moral responsibility and the flicker of freedom

• Verfasst von: Capes, Justin A. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Moral responsibility and the flicker of freedom
• Verf.angabe: Justin A. Capes
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: 1 online resource.
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online
• Fussnoten: Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 1, 2023)
• ISBN: 978-0-19-769799-3
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780197697962.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Philosophy
• Sach-SW: Ethics & moral philosophy
• K10plus-PPN: 1860493688
• K10plus-PPN:
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• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

In this text, Justin A. Capes challenges that thought experiments such as the sort devised by Harry Frankfurt are counter examples to the principle that a person is morally responsible for what he did only if he could avoid doing it. He argues that, far from being counterexamples to the principle, Frankfurt cases, as they have come to be known, actually provide further confirmation of it, a conclusion that has important implications for our understanding of free will and moral responsibility.