Frankfurt cases

A form of Frankfurt case — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Frankfurt case
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