3026 | Actions are influenced by circumstances, so Cyrenaics say felons should be reformed, not hated [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius] |
22512 | Acts are voluntary if done knowingly, by the agent, and in his power to avoid it [Aristotle] |
7814 | It was Epicurus who made the question of the will's freedom central to ethics [Epicurus, by Grayling] |
525 | Behave well when alone, and feel shame in you own eyes [Democritus (attr)] |
20838 | Fate initiates general causes, but individual wills and characters dictate what we do [Chrysippus] |
21678 | If desire is not in our power then neither are choices, so we should not be praised or punished [Cicero] |
5770 | Rewards and punishments are not deserved if they don't arise from free movement of the mind [Boethius] |
1850 | Without free will not only is ethical action meaningless, but also planning, commanding, praising and blaming [Aquinas] |
7496 | Rules and duties are based on the will, as that is all we control [Montaigne] |
7569 | Humans are moral, and capable of reward and punishment, because of memory and self-consciousness [Leibniz, by Jolley] |
2225 | If you deny all necessity and causation, then our character is not responsible for our crime [Hume] |
2226 | Repentance gets rid of guilt, which shows that responsibility arose from the criminal principles in the mind [Hume] |
7235 | Without freedom of will actions lack moral significance [Rousseau] |
21378 | We clearly feel responsible for our deeds, because we are quite certain that we did them [Schopenhauer] |
7222 | It is a crime for someone with a violent disposition to get drunk [Mill] |
14807 | The history of morality rests on an error called 'responsibility', which rests on an error called 'free will' [Nietzsche] |
14824 | It is absurd to blame nature and necessity; we should no more praise actions than we praise plants or artworks [Nietzsche] |
14823 | Ceasing to believe in human responsibility is bitter, if you had based the nobility of humanity on it [Nietzsche] |
22473 | Nietzsche said the will doesn't exist, so it can't ground moral responsibility [Nietzsche, by Foot] |
2904 | The doctrine of free will has been invented essentially in order to blame and punish people [Nietzsche] |
4521 | None of the ancients had the courage to deny morality by denying free will [Nietzsche] |
20166 | A man is a responsible agent to the extent he has an intention, and knows what he is doing [Hampshire] |
22474 | Unlike aesthetic evaluation, moral evaluation needs a concept of responsibility [Foot] |
9270 | A 'wanton' is not a person, because they lack second-order volitions [Frankfurt] |
9269 | A person may be morally responsible without free will [Frankfurt] |
20168 | Blame usually has no effect if the recipient thinks it unjustified [Williams,B] |
20167 | Blame partly rests on the fiction that blamed agents always know their obligations [Williams,B] |
2178 | In bad actions, guilt points towards victims, and shame to the agent [Williams,B] |
6699 | The chain of consequences may not be the same as the chain of responsibility [Graham] |
23087 | Much human evil is not autonomous, so moral responsibility need not be autonomous [Kekes] |
23089 | Evil people may not be autonomously aware, if they misjudge the situation [Kekes] |
23093 | Moral and causal responsibility are not clearly distinct [Kekes] |
23094 | Ought implies can means moral responsibility needs autonomy [Kekes] |
23096 | Morality should aim to prevent all evil actions, not just autonomous ones [Kekes] |
23095 | Why should moral responsibility depend on autonomy, rather than social role or experience? [Kekes] |
23098 | Effects show the existence of moral responsibility, and mental states show the degree [Kekes] |
20170 | Responsibility is unprovoked foreseeable harm, against society, arising from vicious character [Kekes] |
23557 | To judge agents in remote times and cultures we need a moral resentment weaker than blame [Fricker,M] |