To make sure I’m getting this right: is this the school of anti-freedom where the notion of moral responsibility is also deemed incoherent?
I would also consider the notion of moral responsibility incoherent. It’s not obvious to me that these positions have a common basis.
The latter derives from the former:
If my actions are spontaneous and uncaused, I’m not responsible for them.
If my actions are mechanically determined by atoms in my brain, I’m not responsible for them.
To make sure I’m getting this right: is this the school of anti-freedom where the notion of moral responsibility is also deemed incoherent?
I would also consider the notion of moral responsibility incoherent. It’s not obvious to me that these positions have a common basis.
The latter derives from the former:
If my actions are spontaneous and uncaused, I’m not responsible for them.
If my actions are mechanically determined by atoms in my brain, I’m not responsible for them.