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In philosophy, moral responsibility is the status of morally deserving praise, blame, reward, or punishment for an act or omission in accordance with one's moral obligations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Deciding what (if anything) counts as "morally obligatory" is a principal concern of ethics .
"I've got an obligation - and a moral responsibility - to pursue any resource I can that might increase the supply of housing in the city. Addressing the thousands of vacant properties in Glasgow ...
In Against Moral Responsibility (2011), he noticed, despite growing scientific evidence for determinism, [10] that people cling steadfastly to the free-will based idea of moral responsibility. [2] Moral responsibility assumes that humans are active causal agents who can choose to do one of two different alternatives, and therefore are morally ...
Frankfurt's examples are significant because they suggest an alternative way to defend the compatibility of moral responsibility and determinism, in particular by rejecting the first premise of the argument. According to this view, responsibility is compatible with determinism because responsibility does not require the freedom to do otherwise.
The moral injury of Sendio Martz involved neither killing a child nor disillusionment with the mission. It was the weight of command responsibility, and the guilt and shame he feels for having been unable to bring all his guys home safe. Martz is a stocky man, soft-spoken with a gentle manner.
A new report calls on the Government to legislate for a body on housing, modelled on the Climate Change Committee.
Thousands of Afghans rushed to Kabul's airport trying to flee the country as the Taliban seized power. Wakil Kohsar / AFP via Getty ImagesChaotic scenes in Kabul accompanied the return to power of ...
Given the notion of equating moral responsibility with voluntary action, however, moral luck leads to counterintuitive solutions. This is illustrated by an example of a traffic accident. Driver A, in a moment of inattention, runs a red light as a child is crossing the street. Driver A tries to avoid hitting the child but fails and the child dies.