In the majority of cases, it is easy for others to be certain that an individual is responsible for their actions. This is less accurate in circumstances where an individual has presumably no other choice; people tend to believe if for some reason you have no choice but to do something it is inherently not your fault. An individual can be held morally responsible even in the cases where they lack the free will to choose as Frankfurt contended. Throughout this paper, I will discuss points supporting my thesis, reasons to believe it is valid, examples supporting my opinion, and reasons I believe this is true. Human beings are morally responsible for their actions despite whether or not they can make choices freely.
To begin if determinism is …show more content…
The deterministic view being, the philosophical assessment that all events (including mental events) have a cause, and consequently all states of affairs, both physical and mental, are conditioned by their causes and are describable by scientific law. By all of our actions being predetermined, it is seemingly impossible to hold an individual accountable for their actions. Although in Frankfurt’s “Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility,” he produces an example where a man is both undoubtedly morally responsible even in a situation where he had no other choice. He explains, “... whether he finally acts on his own or as a result of Black’s intervention, he performs the same action. He has no alternative but to do what Black wants him to do. If he does it on his own, however, his moral responsibility for doing it is not affected by …show more content…
There is the possibility of God, some people who believe in God think of him as a being that has absolute control over all of creation. Depending on the details of the view, it may or may not be technically the same thing as determinism, but it still entails the non-existence of free will. To meet a deterministic standard, God 's means of controlling every event would have to be by setting up the laws of nature in a way that they guarantee every outcome God desires. It is the best conclusion for individuals, that if they can make sense of reality with an explanation that applies to everything, then it should be done. With logical reason, making it believable that a universe could be completely planned down to every detail, an individual excepting a matter of fact pre-determined course for the universe makes sense. Frankfurt introduces a new argument to replace the principle of alternate possibilities, which is; a person is not morally responsible for what he has done if he did it only because he could not have done otherwise. If a person cannot do, otherwise it is important to try to comprehend the reasons that are leading them to this decision. While free will is, a question of science and which will never be proven, moral responsibility is based on social reasoning and the right answer can never be agreed upon but must be decided upon
To begin if determinism is …show more content…
The deterministic view being, the philosophical assessment that all events (including mental events) have a cause, and consequently all states of affairs, both physical and mental, are conditioned by their causes and are describable by scientific law. By all of our actions being predetermined, it is seemingly impossible to hold an individual accountable for their actions. Although in Frankfurt’s “Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility,” he produces an example where a man is both undoubtedly morally responsible even in a situation where he had no other choice. He explains, “... whether he finally acts on his own or as a result of Black’s intervention, he performs the same action. He has no alternative but to do what Black wants him to do. If he does it on his own, however, his moral responsibility for doing it is not affected by …show more content…
There is the possibility of God, some people who believe in God think of him as a being that has absolute control over all of creation. Depending on the details of the view, it may or may not be technically the same thing as determinism, but it still entails the non-existence of free will. To meet a deterministic standard, God 's means of controlling every event would have to be by setting up the laws of nature in a way that they guarantee every outcome God desires. It is the best conclusion for individuals, that if they can make sense of reality with an explanation that applies to everything, then it should be done. With logical reason, making it believable that a universe could be completely planned down to every detail, an individual excepting a matter of fact pre-determined course for the universe makes sense. Frankfurt introduces a new argument to replace the principle of alternate possibilities, which is; a person is not morally responsible for what he has done if he did it only because he could not have done otherwise. If a person cannot do, otherwise it is important to try to comprehend the reasons that are leading them to this decision. While free will is, a question of science and which will never be proven, moral responsibility is based on social reasoning and the right answer can never be agreed upon but must be decided upon