In the free will debate, Galen Strawson holds that there is a fundamental sense in which free will is impossible, whether determinism is true or not.
He argues for this position with what he calls his "basic argument", which aims to show that no-one is ever ultimately morally responsible for their actions, and hence that no one has free will in the sense that usually concerns us.
In its simplest form, the Basic Argument runs thus:
You do what you do, in any given situation, because of the way you are.
Therefore in order to be ultimately responsible for what you do, you have to be ultimately responsible for the way you are .
Howver you cannot be ultimately responsible for the way you are in any respect at all.
It follows, that you cannot be ultimately responsible for what you do
He argues for this position with what he calls his "basic argument", which aims to show that no-one is ever ultimately morally responsible for their actions, and hence that no one has free will in the sense that usually concerns us.
In its simplest form, the Basic Argument runs thus:
You do what you do, in any given situation, because of the way you are.
Therefore in order to be ultimately responsible for what you do, you have to be ultimately responsible for the way you are .
Howver you cannot be ultimately responsible for the way you are in any respect at all.
It follows, that you cannot be ultimately responsible for what you do
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