TITLE:
The Most Persuasive Frankfurt Example, and What It Shows: Or Why Determinism Is Not the Greatest Threat to Moral Responsibility
AUTHORS:
Larry Alexander
KEYWORDS:
L?bertarian; Moral Responsibility; Normativity; Reasons
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Philosophy,
Vol.4 No.2,
May
6,
2014
ABSTRACT: In this paper I
argue that even if the Principle of Alternative Possibilities (PAP) is
satisfied, moral responsibility is more seriously threatened if the Principle
of Alternative Possible Reasons (PAPR) is not satisfied. Nor, I argue, is it clear
how it could be satisfied. Finally, I suggest that not only moral
responsibility, but also normativity itself, is threatened by the failure to
satisfy PAPR.