Vrijheid en verantwoordelijkheid: Waarom Frankfurt geen gelijk heeft en Sartre bijna | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online
2004
Volume 105, Issue 4
  • ISSN: 0002-5275
  • E-ISSN: 2352-1244

Abstract

This paper argues that the philosophical analysis of moral responsibility would benefit from focusing more on the social freedom of individuals. In a critique of Frankfurt, it is argued that an individual only is responsible for the consequences of her action if she had the opportunity not be responsible for them. The resulting theory of moral responsibility is applied to the analysis of collective decision processes, and in particular to political decision making. The main conclusion is that, though we do not bear ‘absolute responsibility’ for all of the consequences of our actions, our moral and political responsibility is larger than often is assumed.

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