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- Title
On a Disappearing Agent Argument: Settling Matters.
- Authors
Mele, Alfred R.
- Abstract
This paper is a critique of the current version of Derk Pereboom's "disappearing agent argument" against event-causal libertarianism. Special attention is paid to a notion that does a lot of work in his argument—that of settling which decision occurs (of the various decisions it is open to the agent to make at the time). It is argued that Pereboom's disappearing agent argument fails to show that event-causal libertarians lack the resources to accommodate agents' having freedom-level control over what they decide. The connection between the disappearing agent argument and the problem of present luck is explored, as is the connection between settling which decision one makes and luck. Pereboom's disappearing agent argument also is distinguished from another argument with the same name that targets intentional action itself.
- Subjects
FORTUNE; ARGUMENT; DECISION making; LIBERTARIANISM; AUTONOMY (Psychology)
- Publication
Journal of Ethics, 2024, Vol 28, Issue 2, p351
- ISSN
1382-4554
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10892-023-09438-5