Question

TRUE OR FALSE

1.Strawson claims that we can never be truly or ultimately morally responsible for our actions.

2.Strawson objects to the second premise of the basic argument, “To be truly morally responsible for what you do, you must be truly responsible for the way you are.”

3.According to the principle of alternate possibilities, a person is morally responsible for what he has done only if he could have done otherwise.

4.Frankfurt claims that moral responsibility and determinism are incompatible.

5.Frankfurt states that a person is not morally responsible for what he has done if he did it only because he could not have done otherwise.

Answer 1

1

This statement is true as according to Strawson one can never be fully morally responsible for his or her actions. He says that free will is not possible . This is because that free will cannot exist with the idea of determinism.

2.

This statement is false as we know Strawman did not object to this idea. According to Strwaman freedom is similar to true responsibility .According to him One should be truly responsible for the actions he or she commits.

3.

This statement is true as the principle of alternate possibilities says that a person is morally responsible for what he has done only he could have done otherwise . It simply states that the agent has alternate possibilities with him at the time he or she did something .

4.

This statement is false . As Frankfurt holds the belief that determinism and moral responsibility are compatible with each other . This is because for a very simple reason that responsibility is not bound to freedom .

5. This statement is true . According to frankfurt it is based on our ability to do things in an otherwise manner .