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On The Signpost Principle Of Alternate Possibilities: Why Contemporary Frankfurt-Style Cases Are Irrelevant To The Free Will Debate, William Simkulet
On The Signpost Principle Of Alternate Possibilities: Why Contemporary Frankfurt-Style Cases Are Irrelevant To The Free Will Debate, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
This article contends that recent attempts to construct Frankfurt-style cases (FSCs) are irrelevant to the debate over free will. The principle of alternate possibilities (PAP) states that moral responsibility requires indeterminism, or multiple possible futures. Frankfurt's original case purported to demonstrate PAP false by showing an agent can be blameworthy despite not having the ability to choose otherwise; however he admits the agent can come to that choice freely or by force, and thus has alternate possibilities. Neo-FSCs attempt to show that alternate possibilities are irrelevant to explaining an agent's moral responsibility, but a successful Neo-FSC would be consistent with …
The Compensation Principle, William Simkulet
The Compensation Principle, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
In "Should Race Matter?," David Boonin proposes the compensation principle: When an agent wrongfully harms another person, she incurs a moral obligation to compensate that person for the harms she has caused. Boonin then argues that the United States government has wrongfully harmed black Americans by adopting pro-slavery laws and other discriminatory laws and practices following the end of slavery, and therefore the United States government has an obligation to pay reparations for slavery and discriminatory laws and practices to those who have been harmed by them - in particular, to contemporary black Americans. Here I argue that the compensation …
Review Of Simone Weil: Late Philosophical Writings Edited By Eric O. Springsted, William Simkulet
Review Of Simone Weil: Late Philosophical Writings Edited By Eric O. Springsted, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
On Robust Alternate Possibilities And The Tax Evasion Case, William Simkulet
On Robust Alternate Possibilities And The Tax Evasion Case, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
In his recent article “Defending Hard Incompatibilism Again,” Pereboom (2008) presents what he calls the “Tax Evasion” case, a Frankfurt-style case designed to show the falsity of the principle of alternate possibilities (PAP). According to Pereboom, PAP requires robust alternate possibilities such that an agent could have acted in a manner in which she knew she would have lacked moral responsibility for her actions. However, according to his “Tax Evasion” case, the tax evader lacks such robust alternate possibilities, and yet is still uncontroversially morally responsible for his actions. Here I argue Pereboom’s account of robust alternate possibilities is deficient, …
Review Of Bioethics And The Human Goods: An Introduction To Natrual Law By Alfonso Gómez-Lobo And John Keown, William Simkulet
Review Of Bioethics And The Human Goods: An Introduction To Natrual Law By Alfonso Gómez-Lobo And John Keown, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of Freedom And The Self: Essays On The Philosophy Of David Foster Wallace, Edited By Stephan M. Cahn And Maureen Eckert, William Simkulet
Review Of Freedom And The Self: Essays On The Philosophy Of David Foster Wallace, Edited By Stephan M. Cahn And Maureen Eckert, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of Happiness And Goodness By Steven M. Cahn And Christine Vitrano, William Simkulet
Review Of Happiness And Goodness By Steven M. Cahn And Christine Vitrano, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Abortion, Property, And Liberty, William Simkulet
Abortion, Property, And Liberty, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
In ‘‘Abortion and Ownership’’ John Martin Fischer argues that in Judith Jarvis Thomson’s violinist case you have a moral obligation not to unplug yourself from the violinist. Fischer comes to this conclusion by comparing the case with Joel Feinberg’s cabin case, in which he contends a stranger is justified in using your cabin to stay alive. I argue that the relevant difference between these cases is that while the stranger’s right to life trumps your right to property in the cabin case, the violinist’s right to life does not trump your right to liberty in the violinist case.
Review Of Radio Benjamin By Walter Benjamin And Edited By Lecia Rosenthal, William Simkulet
Review Of Radio Benjamin By Walter Benjamin And Edited By Lecia Rosenthal, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Soul Of The Marionette By John Gray, William Simkulet
Review Of The Soul Of The Marionette By John Gray, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Quest For A Moral Compass: A Global History Of Ethics By Kenan Malik, William Simkulet
Review Of The Quest For A Moral Compass: A Global History Of Ethics By Kenan Malik, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Power Of Tolerance: A Debate By Wendy Brown And Rainer Forst, William Simkulet
Review Of The Power Of Tolerance: A Debate By Wendy Brown And Rainer Forst, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life By Howard Eiland And Michael W. Jennings, William Simkulet
Review Of Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life By Howard Eiland And Michael W. Jennings, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of How Universities Can Help Create A Wiser World By Nicholas Maxwell, William Simkulet
Review Of How Universities Can Help Create A Wiser World By Nicholas Maxwell, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Frowe's Machine Cases, William Simkulet
Frowe's Machine Cases, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
Helen Frowe (2006/2010) contends that there is a substantial moral difference between killing and letting die, arguing that in Michael Tooley's infamous machine case it is morally wrong to flip a coin to determine who lives or dies. Here I argue that Frowe fails to show that killing and letting die are morally inequivalent. However, I believe that she has succeeded in showing that it is wrong to press the button in Tooley's case, where pressing the button will change who lives and dies. I argue that because killing and letting die are morally equivalent we have no reason to …
On Derivative Moral Responsibility And The Epistemic Connection Required For Moral Responsibility, William Simkulet
On Derivative Moral Responsibility And The Epistemic Connection Required For Moral Responsibility, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
Derivative moral responsibility is not moral responsibility at all. Much of the confusion found in the literature concerning moral responsibility and the free will problem can be traced back to a penchant to reconcile our philosophical theories of moral responsibility with our folk commonsense linguistic accounts of moral responsibility, a tradition that is notable for its utter lack of making two important distinctions - (1) the distinction between derivative moral responsibility and non-derivative moral responsibility (what Galen Strawson calls “true moral responsibility”) and (2) the distinction between the scope and degree of one’s moral responsibility.1 The failure to make such …
Review Of Autonomy By Andrew Snodden, William Simkulet
Review Of Autonomy By Andrew Snodden, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
Philosophers have various reasons to be interested in individual autonomy. Individual self-rule is widely recognized to be important. But what, exactly, is autonomy? In what ways is it important? And just how important is it? This book introduces contemporary philosophical thought about the nature and significance of individual self-rule.
Review Of Self And Soul By Mark Edmundson, William Simkulet
Review Of Self And Soul By Mark Edmundson, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Validating Animal Models, Nina Atanasova
Validating Animal Models, Nina Atanasova
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
This paper responds to a recent challenge for the validity of extrapolation of neurobiological knowledge from laboratory animals to humans. According to this challenge, experimental neurobiology, and thus neuroscience, is in a state of crisis because the knowledge produced in different laboratories hardly generalizes from one laboratory to another. Presumably, this is so because neurobiological laboratories use simplified animal models of human conditions that differ across laboratories. By contrast, I argue that maintaining a multiplicity of experimental protocols and simple models is well justified. It fosters rather than precludes the validity of extrapolation of neurobiological knowledge. The discipline is thriving