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Frankfurt cases

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Oct 6, 2026

Taylor CyrGUEST
32:14
Okay.
Taylor CyrGUEST
32:14
And so Frankfurt, his case is a little different, but he, you know, he, he's credited for, you know, introducing the, the cases that are now called Frankfurt cases.
Taylor CyrGUEST
32:23
Um, there's lots of varieties of them, and there's, yeah, there's so many different versions that actually fall into different categories that we, we don't wanna get into here.
Taylor CyrGUEST
32:33
But what he said was, "This looks like a case where, you know, I didn't actually make you vote for candidate A or make that decision.
Taylor CyrGUEST
35:01
So that's sort of the, the two, um, I don't know, sources or motivations for the semi-compatibilist position.
Taylor CyrGUEST
35:08
It looks like there's reason to think determinism takes away a certain kind of freedom, the freedom to do otherwise.
Taylor CyrGUEST
35:13
But on the other hand, that kind of freedom isn't necessary for moral responsibility, uh, as we learned from the Frankfurt cases.
Taylor CyrGUEST
35:20
So that's the kind of position that, that I go for.

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