Frankfurt case

Noun

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.

Japanese Meaning

代替可能性原則（PAP：alternative possibilities principle）に対する反例となるケース。すなわち、行為者が他の行動を取り得なかった場合でも、その行為に対して道徳的責任が問われる可能性を示す思想実験。 / 行為者に他の選択肢が存在しない状況においても、道徳的責任が発生しうるとの議論を支持する事例。

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Philosophers often debate whether the Frankfurt case genuinely refutes the principle of alternate possibilities.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

哲学者たちはしばしば、代替可能性の原理に対する反例が本当にその原理を覆すかどうかを議論する。

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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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