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Manipulation cases in free will and moral responsibility, part 2: Manipulator‐focused responses

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper-Part 2 of 3-we discuss one of the two main types of soft-line responses to manipulation cases, which we refer to as manipulator-focused views. Manipulator-focused views hold, roughly, that the reason that Victim lacks responsibility (or lacks full responsibility) is because of the way the action is related to the Manipulator. First, we introduce these views generally, and then we survey some detailed versions of such views. We then introduce cases of natural forces, often taken to be a problem for such approaches in general, followed by a discussion of various sorts of cases-accidental results, lucky manipulators, and parallel cases-that present challenges for some of the detailed versions of such views. We conclude with some thoughts about the prospects for manipulator-focused views going forward.

Source: Philosophy Compass

DOI: 10.1111/phc3.70008

Authors: Gabriel De Marco, Taylor W. Cyr

Institutions: University of Oxford, Samford University

Language: English

Topic: Free Will and Agency

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,760