introduction
Soft Determinism The Incompatibility Argument Determinism is true If 1 then the Freedom Principle is false So The Freedom Principle is false AJ Ayer AJ Ayer It does not give the moralist what he wants For he is anxious to show that men are capable of acting freely in order to infer that they can be morally responsible for what they do But if it is a matter of pure chance that a man should act in one way rather than another he may be free but he can hardly be responsible And indeed when a mans actions seem to us quite unpredictable when as we say there is no knowing what he will do we do not look upon him as a moral agent We look upon him rather as a lunatic
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