PHIL 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Determinism
15 May 2017
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Because jones3 was not coerced, since he did not act on the basis of the threat. Rather, he acted on the basis of his earlier decision. To be coerced, one has to act in a certain way because of the external forced applied. Jones3 therefore, appears to be morally responsible and not coerced. When we excuse a person who has been coerced, we do not excuse hum because he was unable to do otherwise. Frankfurt replies with a new example, that of jones4 and the evil scientist. Suppose black, who works for the boss knows at all times what. Jones4 wants to do by having secretly placed a transmitter in. Jones4"s head and forces jones4"s brain to automatically refrain from testifying. In this case, jones4 really cannot do otherwise. If he detects that jones4 wants to testify, the transmitter is activated.
