How (not) to construct worlds with responsibility
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Abstract In a recent article, P. Roger Turner and Justin Capes argue that no one is, or ever was, even partly morally responsible for certain world-indexed truths. Here we present our reasons thinking their argument is unsound: It depends on the premise possible worlds are maximally consistent states of affairs, which under plausible assumptions concerning demonstrably false. Our to show this based Bertrand Russell’s original ‘paradox propositions’. We should then opt different approach explain truths whose upshot may be (at least partly) some them. The result effect there affairs independently interesting though, since notion motivates an account nature in metaphysics modality. also register response Capes, spirit aforementioned paradox many other versions thereof, proof claim set all true propositions can render
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Synthese
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0039-7857', '1573-0964']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03252-y