Moral Responsibility and Time Travel in an Indeterministic World

IF 0.6 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Philosophies Pub Date : 2024-07-04 DOI:10.3390/philosophies9040096
Joshua Spencer
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I have argued against the Principle of Alternative Possibilities using a time travel-based counterexample. Kelly McCormick has responded to my counterexample by arguing that the time travel scenario must be a scenario in which a time traveler’s actions are causally determined; hence, she claims, we should be suspicious of attributing moral responsibility to anyone in such a scenario. In this paper, I respond by arguing that one might be morally responsible in an indeterministic time travel scenario.
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非确定性世界中的道德责任与时间旅行
我曾用一个基于时间旅行的反例来反对 "替代可能性原则"。凯利-麦考密克(Kelly McCormick)对我的反例做出了回应,她认为时间旅行的情景一定是时间旅行者的行为由因果关系决定的情景;因此,她声称,我们应该怀疑在这样的情景中将道德责任归于任何人。在本文中,我通过论证一个人在不确定的时间旅行情景中可能负有道德责任来做出回应。
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Philosophies
Philosophies Multiple-
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审稿时长
11 weeks
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