I agree. I found that the way the tests were proposed (there are loads of them, and I tried quite a few) tended to catch you out by making you respond as you would, say, at a party - not thinking it through deeply when you're asked something like "If someone went around murdering children, should society hold them morally responsible?" - and then it sneakily assumes you have a view on free will and suchlike that I certainly don't have.
But I'm 95% sure Jeremy Stangroom is the brother of my friend Chris, who was murdered many years ago, so I have a lot of time for his website even though I've never mentioned the connection to him. (I know that's a bit crazy, but I'm not sure I can be held accountable...) On 2 March 2014 17:49, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/1/2014 4:56 PM, LizR wrote: > >> http://www.philosophyexperiments.com/frankfurt/Default.aspx >> > > Yeah, I've seen it before and I think it is misguided because it doesn't > distinguish ethical responsibility and moral responsibility. Whether Becky > is morally responsible is, in my terms, a psychological question. But she > is ethically responsible, i.e. society should punish/restrict her. It's > the common confounding of these two concepts that muddles our laws and > sentencing. > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
