Moral responsibility;
Logical truth;
Contingent a priori;
Incompatibilism;
ARGUMENT;
D O I:
10.1007/s11229-024-04838-y
中图分类号:
N09 [自然科学史];
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号:
01 ;
0101 ;
010108 ;
060207 ;
060305 ;
0712 ;
摘要:
Lampert and Waldrop have recently presented a puzzle about moral responsibility and logical truth, in which they derive a contradiction from three apparently plausible principles: (A) no one is responsible for any logical truth; (B) if no one is responsible for something, then no one is responsible for what it strictly implies; and (C) someone is responsible for something. They argue that, in response, we must give up (B)-a principle that plays a key role in arguments for incompatibilism. In this paper, I argue that this response is mistaken, and that the lesson to be drawn lies elsewhere. For the puzzle also rests on a conception of logical truth according to which there are contingent logical truths. And, given this conception, (A) is false-for reasons independent of (B). So the import here concerns, not a connection between responsibility and the debate over incompatibilism, but a connection between responsibility and the debate over the correct conception of logical truth: one can hold on to (A), or hold on to the relevant conception of logical truth, but not both.
机构:
Univ So Calif, Keck Sch Med, LAC USC Med Ctr, Div Cardiovasc Med,Dept Med,Griffith Ctr, Los Angeles, CA 90033 USAUniv So Calif, Keck Sch Med, LAC USC Med Ctr, Div Cardiovasc Med,Dept Med,Griffith Ctr, Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA