The Frankfurt Cases: The Moral of the Stories (trans. Marcin Iwanicki and Joanna Klara Teske) Cover Image

Morał z przykładów frankfurtowskich (przeł. Marcin Iwanicki i Joanna Klara Teske)
The Frankfurt Cases: The Moral of the Stories (trans. Marcin Iwanicki and Joanna Klara Teske)

Author(s): John Martin Fischer
Contributor(s): Marcin Iwanicki (Translator), Joanna Klara Teske (Translator)
Subject(s): Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: free will; moral responsibility; Frankfurt cases

Summary/Abstract: The author argues that the moral of the Frankfurt stories is this: if causal determinism rules out moral responsibility, it is not in virtue of eliminating alternative possibilities, and replies the most important challenge to this claim, namely an argument called “The Dilemma Defense.”

  • Issue Year: 69/2021
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 441-465
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish