Semicompatibilism Imperiled

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ID20143461
AuthorsIshtiyaque Haji (0000-0001-7973-3028, Faculty of Arts – Philosophy University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume88
Issue4
Pages799-811
Publication date2022-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheoria (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/theo.12397
OpenAlexW4213100607
LanguageEN
References cited30

Blameworthiness semicompatibilism is the thesis that determinism is compatible with moral blameworthiness even if incompatible with freedom to do otherwise. Two concerns with this thesis are raised. First, I show why Frankfurt examples, which play a key role in underwriting blameworthiness semicompatibilism, are not as secure as many believe because of conceptual ties between blameworthiness and impermissibility. Second, I argue that if blameworthiness is conceptually associated, even if in a roundabout way with impermissibility, and one cannot do wrong unless one could have done otherwise, blameworthiness semicompatibilism is imperiled. With suitable amendments, parallel problems plague praiseworthiness semicompatibilism, the thesis that determinism is compatible with moral praiseworthiness even if incompatible with freedom to do otherwise

Compatibilism · Computer security · Determinism · Epistemology · Free will · Indeterminism · Key (lock) · Law and economics · Sociology · Computer Science · Free Will and Agency · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · War, Ethics, and Justification

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