Consequence is perfectly fine in a deterministic universe. Things just happen one after the other. You don’t repair the car, your children burn to death. You don’t go to the doctor, you die of bone cancer. There is no need for free will. Hell, there is no need for qualia, you and burning children may all be p-zombies.
Responsibility, on the other hand, implies a world of free will (whatever it is). It means you can choose between doing something you ought to, and not doing it.
No, I can’t. (Of course, if you were a p-zombie, you wouldn’t be able to notice anything. So, if you notice yourself reading this sentence, you are not a p-zombie.)
Consequence is perfectly fine in a deterministic universe. Things just happen one after the other. You don’t repair the car, your children burn to death. You don’t go to the doctor, you die of bone cancer. There is no need for free will. Hell, there is no need for qualia, you and burning children may all be p-zombies.
Responsibility, on the other hand, implies a world of free will (whatever it is). It means you can choose between doing something you ought to, and not doing it.
Can you describe things that one would notice if one was in one of those worlds, but not the other?
No, I can’t. (Of course, if you were a p-zombie, you wouldn’t be able to notice anything. So, if you notice yourself reading this sentence, you are not a p-zombie.)