Libertarianism, decision-making, and a point of no return

IF 1.1 1区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES Pub Date : 2024-07-10 DOI:10.1007/s11098-024-02190-y

Alfred R. Mele

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Abstract

This paper develops a challenge to standard libertarian views that is based on an imagined neuroscientificdiscovery that is incompatible with satisfaction of a standard libertarian requirement for mainstream free decision making, and it explores potential libertarian responses to this discovery. The requirement at issue may beformulated as follows: In mainstream cases, an agent freely decided at t to A only if, given the past and the laws of nature, the agent was able right up to t to do something else intentionally at t than decide to A. The imagined discovery is about a point of no return for the making of any particular decision in a mainstream scenario.

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自由主义、决策和不归点

本文提出了对标准自由主义观点的挑战，这一挑战基于一个想象中的神经科学发现，这一发现与满足主流自由决策的标准自由主义要求不相容，本文还探讨了自由主义对这一发现的潜在回应。有争议的要求可表述如下：在主流情况下，只有在考虑到过去和自然法则的情况下，代理人能够在 t 点之前有意做其他事情而不是决定 A，代理人才能在 t 点自由决定 A。

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2.60

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7.70%

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127

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