Document Type
Senior Thesis
Publication Date
Spring 2015
Abstract
Suppose we have a choice between A and B, and that both options are morally reprehensible. If we were forced or tricked into making a decision, would we still be responsible? The answer is usually quite easy to find, but the question of why we are responsible seems much harder to discern. In any discussion about moral responsibility, is seems there needs to be a system of necessary and sufficient conditions. However such requirements tend to exist in a hazy philosophical space, so it is not surprising that we often confuse them. Thus, my paper will attempt to create a framework of moral responsibility so that we might address our initial concern: When and how are we freed of our moral obligations?
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Tobin, "A Framework of Responsibility and Absolution" (2015). Pepperdine University, Featured Research. Paper 96.
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/sturesearch/96