<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Frankfurt-style cases purport to show that an agent can be morally responsible for an action despite not having any alternatives. Some critics have responded by highlighting various alternatives that remain in the cases presented, while Frankfurtians have objected that such alternatives are typically not capable of grounding responsibility. In this essay I address the recent suggestion by Seth Shabo that only alternatives associated with the ‘up to us’ locution ground moral responsibility. I distinguish a number of kinds of ability, suggest which kinds of abilities ground the truth of the ‘up to us’ locution, and outline how these distinctions apply to the indeterministic buffer cases.</p></abstract>

Frankfurt-style cases purport to show that an agent can be morally responsible for an action despite not having any alternatives. Some critics have responded by highlighting various alternatives that remain in the cases presented, while Frankfurtians have objected that such alternatives are typically not capable of grounding responsibility. In this essay I address the recent suggestion by Seth Shabo that only alternatives associated with the ‘up to us’ locution ground moral responsibility. I distinguish a number of kinds of ability, suggest which kinds of abilities ground the truth of the ‘up to us’ locution, and outline how these distinctions apply to the indeterministic buffer cases.

Robustness and Up-to-us-ness

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Frankfurt-style cases purport to show that an agent can be morally responsible for an action despite not having any alternatives. Some critics have responded...

Robustness and Up-to-us-ness

Pubblicato online: 31 dic 2018

Pagine: 35 - 57

Ricevuto: 16 giu 2016

Accettato: 08 dic 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2017-0026

Parole chiave
Free will, control, alternative possibilities, Frankfurt-style cases, up to us

© 2017 Simon Kittle, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Robustness and Up-to-us-ness

Pubblicato online: 31 dic 2018

Pagine: 35 - 57

Ricevuto: 16 giu 2016

Accettato: 08 dic 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2017-0026

Parole chiaveFree will, control, alternative possibilities, Frankfurt-style cases, up to us

© 2017 Simon Kittle, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
Free will, control, alternative possibilities, Frankfurt-style cases, up to us