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Episode 56: Raising the Stakes in the Free Will Debate with Justin Caouette

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The Principle of Obligation Depends on Freedom

Some philosophers endorse a principle that's often called the odd implies can principle, which is roughly the idea that if a person's obligated to do something, then they're able to do it. So for me, I have them consider a case where an individual cannot use their arms or legs because they had a spine injury for the car accident. And so at this stage, I asked the class, you know, how many of you believe that your friend can't use his arms or legs, how many people here believe that he's still obligated to jump in and save that child? Not one person has said that they think that there's still an obligation there. It might seem like are having moral

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