Etymology

Frankfurt case

Today it means: Any of a set of counterexamples to the principle of alternate possibilities (PAP), which holds that an agent is morally responsible for an action only if they could have acted otherwise. Full definition →

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The story

Presented by philosopher Harry Frankfurt in 1969.

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