Perspective voyage · 1969
If an intervener could block every alternative but never touches the actual decision, does the absence of alternatives remove responsibility?
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The Principle of Alternative Possibilities says a person is morally responsible only if they could have done otherwise.
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Moral Responsibility and the Principle of Alternative Possibilities
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Locator: Introduction; Principle of Alternative Possibilities
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1969 CE · 1969
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