CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Taylor, Tabitha Jane |
|---|---|
| Title | Remixed Responsibility: Defending a Compatibilist View of Moral Responsibility |
| Summary | In this thesis I argue that the best compatibilist theory of moral responsibility for tackling manipulation arguments is one that relies on the concepts of reasons-responsiveness and mechanisms belonging to the agent. In order to show this I will start by presenting a convincing compatibilist motivation (Chapter 1), namely Frankfurt’s argument that alternative possibilities are not needed in order to have moral responsibility. I then outline Fischer and Ravizza’s compatibilist theory of moral responsibility (Chapter 2) focussing on the basic concepts they use, some of which will be important for my remixed reasons-responsive theory of responsibility, which I outline in (Chapter 5). Some of the concepts, at least in the form that Fischer and Ravizza have them, I will criticise in order to show that they are not needed for an efficient theory of responsibility (Chapters 3 and 4). Having outlined the remixed theory of moral responsibility I am proposing (Chapter 5), I then explore two strong arguments against compatibilist theories of moral responsibility: Derk Pereboom’s four case manipulation argument (Chapter 6) and Alfred Mele’s zygote argument (Chapter 7). These two arguments have been discussed in great detail by other compatibilists who have proposed different theories of moral responsibility, including Fischer and Ravizza. I tackle these arguments to show that the remixed reasons-responsive theory of moral responsibility is equipped with solutions to these problems and is therefore a strong compatibilist view (Chapter 8). |
| Supervisor | Huoranszki, Ferenc |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/taylor_tabitha.pdf |
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