<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Recently, John Maier has developed a unified account of various agentive modalities (such as general abilities, potentialities, and skills). According to him, however, adopting the account provides an alternative framework for thinking about free will and moral responsibility, one that reveals an unacceptable instability in semicompatibilism (the view that the freedom required for moral responsibility is compatible with determinism even if the freedom to do otherwise is not). In this paper, I argue that Maier is mistaken about the implications of his account and sketch a semicompatibilist proposal that can, without countenancing any instability, accept Maier’s unified account of the agentive modalities.</p></abstract>

Recently, John Maier has developed a unified account of various agentive modalities (such as general abilities, potentialities, and skills). According to him, however, adopting the account provides an alternative framework for thinking about free will and moral responsibility, one that reveals an unacceptable instability in semicompatibilism (the view that the freedom required for moral responsibility is compatible with determinism even if the freedom to do otherwise is not). In this paper, I argue that Maier is mistaken about the implications of his account and sketch a semicompatibilist proposal that can, without countenancing any instability, accept Maier’s unified account of the agentive modalities.

Is Semicompatibilism Unstable?

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Recently, John Maier has developed a unified account of various agentive modalities (such as general abilities, potentialities, and skills). According to him,...

Is Semicompatibilism Unstable?

Data publikacji: 06 mar 2018

Zakres stron: 245 - 264

Otrzymano: 27 lip 2017

Przyjęty: 11 lut 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/disp-2017-0006

Słowa kluczowe
Ability, John Martin Fischer, John Maier, option, semicompatibilism

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Is Semicompatibilism Unstable?

Data publikacji: 06 mar 2018

Zakres stron: 245 - 264

Otrzymano: 27 lip 2017

Przyjęty: 11 lut 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/disp-2017-0006

Słowa kluczoweAbility, John Martin Fischer, John Maier, option, semicompatibilism

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Ability, John Martin Fischer, John Maier, option, semicompatibilism