Moral Luck and the Flicker of Freedom

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Article

Publication Date

7-1999

Abstract

Consider the following argument: P1. (PAP) A person is morally responsible for performing some action A only if he or she could have done otherwise than perform action A ("The Principle of Alternate Possibilities"). P2. A person could have done otherwise than perform some action A only if determinism is false. C. Therefore, a person is morally responsible for performing some action A only if determinism is false.

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