Physicalism and moral responsibility: presentation of derivative consequence argument
In this paper, the author introduces the derivative consequence argument, which aims to demonstrate that moral responsibility is impossible in the world where physicalism and the strong realism about the laws of nature are both true. The basic intuition of the argument is that if the laws of natu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность" |
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| Online Access: | https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2020/%D0%A2.%205,%20%E2%84%96%204%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/57-60%20%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%20%D0%91.%20%D0%92..pdf |
| Summary: | In this paper, the author introduces the derivative consequence argument, which aims
to demonstrate that moral responsibility is impossible in the world where physicalism
and the strong realism about the laws of nature are both true. The basic intuition
of the argument is that if the laws of nature determine the events, then nobody
can be responsible for those events, because nobody is responsible for the laws
of nature. This intuitive idea is formalized in the categories of derivative causation
and motion. This argument is compatible with determinism and indeterminism, and
all types of physicalism |
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| ISSN: | 2542-0488 2541-7983 |