Pereboom on the Frankfurt cases

被引:17
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作者
Palmer, David [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tennessee, Dept Philosophy, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
关键词
Ethics; Metaphysics; Moral responsibility; Free will; Frankfurt; Pereboom;
D O I
10.1007/s11098-009-9489-0
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
According to the principle of alternative possibilities (PAP), a person is morally responsible for what he has done only if he could have done otherwise. In what follows, I want to defend this principle against an apparent counterexample offered recently by Derk Pereboom (Living without free will, 2001; Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 29:228-247, 2005). Pereboom's case, a variant of what are known as 'Frankfurt cases,' is important for it attempts to overcome a dilemma posed for earlier alleged counterexamples to PAP. However, I will argue that by paying closer attention to the details of Pereboom's example, we see that his example fails to show a way between the horns of the dilemma posed for the earlier Frankfurt examples.
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页码:261 / 272
页数:12
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