What we’re about
Enjoy a beverage and discuss topics related to philosophy in the technological age.
The goal of Drink & Think is to explore and discover the boundaries of topics that continue to stump history’s greatest minds, while conversing casually over a beer with friends. Consider this Meetup a philosophical think tank, or a “drink tank” if you will.
This is an introductory level group, but advanced philosophers are also welcome. Optional sources will be provided for context.
Meetups rotate throughout various locations in the Bay Area, including San Francisco and Palo Alto. Read individual event descriptions for more details.
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See all- Moral Responsibility without Free WillMitchell Park Library, Palo Alto, CA
Moral Responsibility without Free Will
Parking info: The parking lot may be busy; u can find street parking on Mayview Ave residential area instead.
Philosophers think free will is important mainly because that if we don't have free will, then there is no moral responsibility, i.e. no one is responsible for or can be blamed for anything.
In this session we analyze Harry Frankfurt's famous work on Free Will --
Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility where the conclusion is that moral responsibility does not require free will, contrary to the common belief.
He gave counter examples to the principle of alternative possibilities: a person is morally responsible for what he has done only if he could have done otherwise.
If such principle is false, i.e. moral responsibility does not require free will, then free will might no longer be important, and thus the problem of free will is "settled".Best,
Wesley
