(May 28, 2019 at 8:08 pm)mcc1789 Wrote: I have been told that absent an ability to do otherwise is essential to say a person is morally responsible (or in other areas, though I'll concentrate on morality) as this rests on "ought" statements. So "you should not murder" etc. As ought implies can, there is a problem with determinism. This would include both compatibilist and incompatibilist views, I'd assume. What do others here think?
I am a compatibilist, except with respect to the death penalty; there I am a determinist, and so, oppose executions for any and all offenses.
