Free Will A Contemporary Introduction

126 Strawsonian Compatibilism the truth about what freedom and responsibility are, and as an independent matter, there is a set ...

Strawsonian Compatibilism 127 in the face of determinism. Libertarians are pessimistic about it. It is for this reason that, to ...

128 Strawsonian Compatibilism this that Strawson found especially objectionable about this style of compatibil- ist argumentatio ...

Strawsonian Compatibilism 129 that free persons are distinct substances who have special causal powers to initiate free actions. ...

130 Strawsonian Compatibilism action. In such a case, the wrongdoer’s attitude serves as a basis for the person who is wronged o ...

Strawsonian Compatibilism 131 Four key ingredients can be identified in his work, which together comprise his overall view: Firs ...

132 Strawsonian Compatibilism because it is appropriate to hold them responsible for such conduct. Regardless, the idea is that ...

Strawsonian Compatibilism 133 with a demand that she act with a sufficient degree of good will. Hence, blaming her by responding ...

134 Strawsonian Compatibilism accept that determinism is true—the squelching of all blame—is something that would be impossible ...

Strawsonian Compatibilism 135 should conclude is that our ordinary concept of solidity is distinct from any con- flicting concep ...

136 Strawsonian Compatibilism apparent gaps in it that are hard to reconcile with other claims he makes. Most immediately, consi ...

Strawsonian Compatibilism 137 determinism true.^14 They might press the point by arguing that in the absence of offering some co ...

138 Strawsonian Compatibilism 6.5.2. Assessing Strawson’s Psychological Impossibility Argument Strawson’s psychological impossib ...

Strawsonian Compatibilism 139 6.5.3. Assessing Strawson’s Practical Rationality Argument Consider next Strawson’s practical rati ...

140 Strawsonian Compatibilism perspectives cannot be at odds with one another in that they do not yield direct contradictions. S ...

Strawsonian Compatibilism 141 suffering on a wrongdoer” as Strawson would put it (77). Our practices them- selves dispose us to ...

142 Strawsonian Compatibilism necessary for moral responsibility. If Frankfurt’s argument is sound, then the strongest sort of f ...

Strawsonian Compatibilism 143 two others also seem to be suggested, these arguments gain their force largely by way of how they ...

144 Strawsonian Compatibilism Russell, Paul. 1995. Freedom and Moral Sentiment. New York: Oxford University Press. Wallace, R. J ...

Strawsonian Compatibilism 145 indeterminate between these two interpretations. Regardless, we also prescribe a normative view as ...