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Mental Illness and Moral Responsibility
My 6th post is up over at flickers. I have copied and pasted it below for those not interested in clicking again. Mental illness affects how we perceive the actions of others and with good reason. Consider two scenarios. In scenario 1 a person crashes into you because they had a non-epileptic seizure while driving. […]
Does Moral Responsibility Come in Degrees?
January 14, 2015 by Justin Caouette
My 4th substantive post is up over at Flickers. You can find it here. I’ve copied and pasted it below for those who don’t feel like clicking the link. Does Moral Responsibility Come in Degrees? Many have assumed either implicitly or explicitly that moral responsibility comes in degrees, but why? For me, it seems […]
On a Freedom Requirement for Forgiveness
January 10, 2015 by Justin Caouette
My 3rd post over at Flickers of Freedom is up. You can find it here. I’ve copied and pasted it for those of you not interested in seeing how the conversation develops over at Flickers. We have all forgiven someone before. In fact, forgiveness can often serve as a key ingredient in our most cherished […]
Optimistic Skepticism and Forward-Looking Blame
January 8, 2015 by Justin Caouette
Below you can find the post in its entirety. Click here to see the original at flickers of freedom and to join in the discussion if you see fit. OPTIMISTIC SKEPTICISM AND FORWARD-LOOKING BLAME Many philosophers (1) have spent substantial time wrestling with, expanding on, and arguing against the central ideas put forth in P.F. Strawson’s […]
Free Will Skepticism and ‘Ought’ Judgments
January 3, 2015 by Justin Caouette
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You can find the link to my first post at Flickers here. It’s titled “Free Will Skepticism and ‘Ought’ Judgments”. For those of you who have been following APT for some time I posted on this topic here in late 2013. The posts are very different but are on the same topic. In this later […]
My Stint as Featured Author Begins at Flickers
January 1, 2015 by Justin Caouette
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To say I’m excited would be an understatement. This month I’ll be blogging over at Flickers of Freedom and will be cross posting my posts here. Thomas passing the torch to me for the month can be found here. My tentative plan for the month can be found here. I hope everyone had a great […]
Philosophical Blogging and ‘Flickers of Freedom’
December 1, 2013 by Justin Caouette
For those of you not reading ‘Flickers of Freedom’, a blog dedicated to free will, moral responsibility, action theory, and moral psychology, I highly recommend it! No other blog has as many experts blogging regularly. The most influential philosophers in the field, those who have spent their careers wrestling with the questions surrounding the free […]
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A Philosopher's Take 
January 25, 2015 by Justin Caouette
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