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John Martin Fischer
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Fischer examines responsibility through the control exercised in acting. Responsiveness to reasons shifts attention toward actual guidance while leaving manipulation and history as challenges.
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Guided course · Module 13 · Lesson 83
Can responsibility survive causal explanation?
Hume, van Inwagen and Fischer disagree about the control that responsibility requires. The lesson separates three ideas their arguments rely on: causal determination, alternative possibilities and responsiveness to reasons.