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Causal and Moral Indeterminacy
Author(s) -
Bernstein Sara
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ratio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-9329
pISSN - 0034-0006
DOI - 10.1111/rati.12144
Subject(s) - indeterminacy (philosophy) , causation , metaphysics , relation (database) , epistemology , philosophy , moral responsibility , psychology , computer science , database
This paper argues that several sorts of metaphysical and semantic indeterminacy afflict the causal relation. If, as it is plausible to hold, there is a relationship between causation and moral responsibility, then indeterminacy in the causal relation results in indeterminacy of moral responsibility more generally.