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Van Inwagen on the consequence argument
Analysis, 1992If determinism is true, then, where p is any true proposition ascribing an action to some human agent, p is logically implied by any conjunction consisting of a proposition that expresses the laws of nature and a proposition that describes the state of the universe at some time prior to the origin of human existence.
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A timid response to the consequence argument
Philosophical Issues, 2023AbstractIn this paper, I challenge the Consequence Argument for Incompatibilism by arguing that the inference principle it relies upon is not well motivated. The sorts of non‐question‐begging instances that might be offered in support of it fall short.
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A theoretical argumentation on the consequences of moral stress
Journal of Nursing Management, 2007Intensive care units are characterized by heavy workloads, increasing work complexity and ethical concerns related to life-and-death decisions. In the present study, it is assumed that there is a relationship between moral stress, support and competence for nurses in intensive care units.To analyse and describe the theoretical relationship between ...
Agneta, Cronqvist, Maria, Nyström
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The irrelevance of the Consequence Argument
Analysis, 2008It is worth noting that as van Inwagen originally formulates the doctrine of deter minism, L together with a proposition expressing the total state of the universe at a time later than now necessitate a proposition expressing the total state of the universe now (1983: 65; Campbell 2007: 106).
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1977
In Chapter 1, I suggested that the main theoretical barrier against analysis of concrete micro situations within the Marxian framework has been the absence of explicit consideration of class struggle, particularly struggle within productive activity. Once class struggle is incorporated fundamentally and explicitly into a Marxian framework, two types of
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In Chapter 1, I suggested that the main theoretical barrier against analysis of concrete micro situations within the Marxian framework has been the absence of explicit consideration of class struggle, particularly struggle within productive activity. Once class struggle is incorporated fundamentally and explicitly into a Marxian framework, two types of
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Compatibilism and the Consequence Argument
2013In §1.4, I introduced The Consequence Argument, so-called because it trades on the fact that if determinism is true, our acts are consequences of the laws of nature plus facts about the past – that is, the laws plus the past entail that we perform them. As I said in §1.4, a very rough summary of the argument goes like this: The laws of nature and facts
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‘Everyone’, consequences, and generalization arguments
Inquiry, 1967This paper addresses issues raised by recent discussion in normative ethics which concern relations between properties of individual actions and of certain groups of actions. First, an ambiguity common to ‘everyone can’ and ‘everyone ought’ is examined.
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The Consequence Argument Revisited
2012AbstractThis article surveys the most recent versions of the Consequence Argument and objections to them. It considers objections made to some of the more well-known versions of the argument and recent attempts by defenders to answer these objections by offering reformulated versions of it. Many objections involve a principle van Inwagen called “Beta,”
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Van Inwagen's Consequence Argument
The Philosophical Review, 2000In van Inwagen's view, as well as my own, the Consequence Argument is the strongest argument for incompatibilism, and, as he formulates the argument, rule beta is its weakest link.2 For this reason, it is of the utmost importance, in the debate over compatibilism, to determine whether rule beta is valid.
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