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#784 Paul Russell: Free Will and Moral Responsibility

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The Role of Reactive Attitudes in Retribution

Smith struck what now would be regarded as G.F. Strawson well-known late 20th century philosopher kind of philosophical naturalism this is just the kind of beings we are. He wants to say no our reactive attitudes are going to be under certain circumstances where they're properly justified and you can't resist them or push them away. There's a parallel with retribution I think which is of course you want to be realistic and honest about blame and our reactive attitudes but it doesn't follow from the fact that our reactive attitudes may be justified, he says.

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