A Frankfurt Example to End All Frankfurt Examples

Philosophia 42 (1):83-93 (2014)
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Frankfurt examples are frequently used in arguments designed to show that agents lacking alternatives, or lacking ‘regulative control’ over their actions, can be morally responsible for what they do. I will maintain that Frankfurt examples can be constructed that undermine those very arguments when applied to actions for which the agent bears fundamental responsibility.

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James Cain
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Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility.Harry G. Frankfurt - 1969 - Journal of Philosophy 66 (23):829-839.
A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will.Robert Kane - 2005 - New York: Oxford University Press.
My way: essays on moral responsibility.John Martin Fischer - 2006 - New York: Oxford University Press.

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