The Main Problem with USC Libertarianism |
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Authors: | Levy Ken |
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Affiliation: | (1) Columbia Law School, New York, USA |
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Abstract: | Libertarians like Robert Kane believe that indeterminism is necessaryfor free will. They think this in part because they hold both (1) thatmy being the ultimate cause of at least part of myself is necessary forfree will and (2) that indeterminism is necessary for this ``ultimateself-causation'. But seductive and intuitive as this ``USCLibertarianism' may sound, it is untenable. In the end, nometaphysically coherent (not to mention empirically valid) conception ofultimate self-causation is available. So the basic intuition motivatingthe USC Libertarian is ultimately impossible to fulfill. |
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