The Out of Character Objection to the Character Condition on Moral Responsibility
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چکیده
According to the character condition, a person is morally responsible for an action A only if trait of hers non-accidentally motivates her performing A. But that condition untenable according out objection because people can be acting character. We reassess this common objection. Of seven accounts we outline, one even prima facie counterexample condition. And it not obvious act in sense. argue whether succeeds ultimately depends on unnoticed methodological commitment cases may resemble human life provide good data theorizing about moral responsibility. such data, forcefulness at least deflated given its persuasive power supposed come from clear real-life cases.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Thought: A Journal of Philosophy
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2161-2234']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5840/tht20228311