PHIL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Moral Responsibility, Modus Tollens, Modus Ponens
15 Sep 2020
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It tends to be dismissed in contemporary discussion as wrong, irrelevant, too rapid, or an expression of metaphysical delusions of magnificence. Thinks that the basic argument is valid in showing that we cannot be morally responsible in the way that many suppose. Thinks the statements of the basic argument are obvious. Moral responsibility connects more tightly with the notion of guilt than shame. A tendency in ordinary thought to think that one can be truly morally responsible, even if one"s character is ultimately wholly non-self-determined. Note: emphasis on certain mental respects": one is not responsible for one"s sex, height, etc, but there must be some mental respects in which one is responsible for, otherwise one would never be responsible for their actions. Premises must be in line with conclusion. Inductive - conclusion is made probable by the premise(s) It"s pretty likely that : abductive - conclusion is the best explanation of the premise(s)
