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Stephen Kershnar on the Impossibility of Responsibility
Season 5
Episode 1
Published 3 years, 5 months ago
Description
Kershnar presents a dilemma: we’re responsible for our decisions because they’re caused by our psychology. But do we choose our psychology? If we do, then it seems that choice couldn’t have been a morally responsible choice, since our psychology didn’t choose it. But if we didn’t choose our psychology, then we can’t be responsible for the choices that come from our psychology.
Presenters: Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff
Editor and Producer: Jimmy Mullen