Causal Proportions and Moral Responsibility
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چکیده
On the face of it, you are only morally responsible for what you cause. Ceteris paribus, if you cause a particularly bad outcome, generally you are morally responsible for it; and if you cause only part of that bad outcome, you are only responsible for the part that you cause. But consider the following pair of cases: (Victim) Two independently employed assassins, unaware of each other, are dispatched to eliminate Victim. Being struck by one bullet is sufficient to kill Victim. Each assassin shoots, and Victim dies.
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