TY - JOUR
T1 - Fischer against the dilemma defence
T2 - The defence prevails
AU - Widerker, David
AU - Goetz, Stewart
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - In a recent paper, John Fischer develops a new argument against the Principle of Alternative Possibilities (PAP) based on a deterministic scenario. Fischer uses this result (i) to rebut the Dilemma Defense - a well-known incompatibilist response to Frankfurt-type counterexamples to PAP; and (ii) to maintain that: If causal determinism rules out moral responsibility, it is not just in virtue of eliminating alternative possibilities. In this article, we argue that Fischer's new argument against PAP fails, thus leaving points (i) and (ii) unsupported
AB - In a recent paper, John Fischer develops a new argument against the Principle of Alternative Possibilities (PAP) based on a deterministic scenario. Fischer uses this result (i) to rebut the Dilemma Defense - a well-known incompatibilist response to Frankfurt-type counterexamples to PAP; and (ii) to maintain that: If causal determinism rules out moral responsibility, it is not just in virtue of eliminating alternative possibilities. In this article, we argue that Fischer's new argument against PAP fails, thus leaving points (i) and (ii) unsupported
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84879405334&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/analys/ant013
DO - 10.1093/analys/ant013
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AN - SCOPUS:84879405334
SN - 0003-2638
VL - 73
SP - 283
EP - 295
JO - Analysis
JF - Analysis
IS - 2
ER -