RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism?
May 31, 2019 at 10:29 am
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2019 at 12:09 pm by vulcanlogician.)
(May 31, 2019 at 6:28 am)Acrobat Wrote:(May 28, 2019 at 8:30 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: No. It isn't compatible.
Do you think consent is compatible with determinism?
Is there a difference between a consensual action like consensual sex, vs coerced or forced actions?
I would say in the realm of what is meant by "consent" there exist the idea of responsibility.
To the determinist, consent exists because it is a real phenomenon in the world. If it is determined that someone knocks on a door and it is determined that someone answers it. Then if it is determined that the one who knocked say, "May I come in?" and they are given an answer: "Yes,"... then consent as been given in a deterministic universe.
Giving consent is an event that happens. I don't think it's necessarily entwined with responsibility. However, if (say) libertarian free will were true, then an agent would be responsible for the consent that they give. That much is true.
