Greg Detre
8/6/01
being responsible vs holding responsible
if no moral responsibility, then still pensalise people � like quarantine
expedient responsibility vs moral
no blame/anger
inauthentic???
paedophiles � people blame then even though effectivcely deterministic sexual orientation
could you blame someone in a deterministic world???
but even the blame is determined
the question is of legitimacy of holding responsibility
take a stance of non-determinism to make life meaningful
is there a weaker condition that could pertain, even under determinism???
Hume � could have done otherwise = would have, if you�d willed otherwise � hypothetical liberty
can a chained prisoner have done otherwise, had he wanted to???
freedom for Hume = your actions being caused by your will
compatibilism � analyse freedom/unfreedom
in terms of
freedom of action vs freedom of will
Hume � what about Adam/Eve? very simple S-R will
Frankfurt � need a will (2nd order desires)
if 1st and 2nd order desires aren't aligned, you don't have free will
heroin addict doesn't have free will
Adam � usuriousness, love is a compulsion (kleptomaniac)
how can we alter our secondary desires???
we can't
freedom = a certain causal structure, not the absence of causation
freedom is still an illusion � it�s not origination