Robust Alternatives and Responsibility

Abstract The Principle of Robust Alternatives (PRA) states that an agent is responsible for doing something only if he/she could have performed a ‘robust’ alternative: another action having a different moral or practical value. Defenders of PRA maintain that it is not refuted by a ‘Frankfurt case’,...

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Main Author: Allen, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2004
In: Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2004, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-29
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