Frankfurt counterexamples

was a lack of control, or the subject couldn’t do otherwise. The final action in that list is one that Frankfurt believed could be false, depending on the person and what their views on a certain action are. Frankfurt argued against the principle of alternate possibilities with the Black and Jones case. Frankfurt created four different Jones cases, and his fourth Jones case is a counterexample to the principle of alternate possibilities regarding moral responsibility and free will. In the case,…

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…