Abstract
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
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 283-295 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Analysis |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2013 |
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