Semicompatibilism and Its Rivals

The Journal of Ethics 16 (2):117-143 (2012)
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In this paper I give an overview of my “framework for moral responsibility,” and I offer some reasons that commend it. I contrast my approach with indeterministic models of moral responsibility and also other compatibilist strategies, including those of Harry Frankfurt and Gary Watson

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