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- Title
FREE WILL DENIALISM AS A DANGEROUS GAMBLE.
- Authors
Smilansky, Saul
- Abstract
Denialism concerning free will and moral responsibility combines, in its minimal form, the rejection of libertarian free will and the rejection of compatibilism. I will address the more ambitiously “happy” or “optimistic” version of denialism, which also claims that we are better off without belief in free will and moral responsibility, and ought to try to radically reform our moral, social and personal lives without such beliefs. I argue that such denialism involves, for various reasons, a dangerous gamble, which it would be morally irresponsible to follow. I conclude by reflecting upon the implications.
- Subjects
CONSPIRACY theories; AUTONOMY (Philosophy); FREE will &; determinism; GAMBLING; RESPONSIBILITY
- Publication
Diametros: An Online Journal of Philosophy, 2024, Vol 21, Issue 79, p119
- ISSN
1733-5566
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33392/diam.1943