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Moral responsibility

In philosophy, moral responsibility is the status of morally deserving praise, blame, reward, or punishment for an act or omission in accordance with one's moral obligations. Deciding what (if anything) counts as "morally obligatory" is a principal concern of ethics.

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related to Further reading · 57
Moral responsibility → Aristotle, Book, Brian, Bruce, CA, Cato Institute, Chappell, Collective Moral Responsibility, Consider Ethics, Contemporary Issues, David, Ethics, Evans, Freedom, Hejdánek, In Hamowy, In Ted Honderich, Internet Encyclopedia, ISBN, Jan
related to External links · 23
Moral responsibility → Andrew Eshleman, Blame, Bradley, Brief, Collective Moral Responsibility, Determinism, Dowden, Edition, Epistemic Conditions, Fall, Fieser, Free Will, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, James, Moral, OCLC, Philosophy, Praise, Responsibility
related to Hard determinism · 14
Moral responsibility → Apostle, Clarence Darrow, During, Epistle, God, Hard, Hath, In, Indeed, Leopold, Loeb, Paul, Romans, So
related to Other views · 14
Moral responsibility → Against Moral Responsibility, Although, Bruce Waller, Daniel Dennett, Dennett, He, In, MIT Press, One, See Chapter, This, Waller, Waller's, We
related to Hard incompatibilism · 11
Moral responsibility → Derk Pereboom, Ebola, For, He, His, However, In, Isolation, Pereboom, While, Without
related to Epistemic condition for moral responsibility · 8
Moral responsibility → According, Alfred Mele, For, In, Nonetheless, Not, One, The
related to Experimental research · 8
Moral responsibility → For, He, However, In, Iroquois, Mauro, Some, When
related to Collective · 6
Moral responsibility → European South Africans, For, However, Joel Feinberg, South Africa, When
related to Metaphysical libertarianism · 6
Moral responsibility → Accordingly, All, Although, In, Metaphysical, Phenomenological
related to Arguments that artificial systems cannot be morally responsible · 4
Moral responsibility → Arthur Kuflik, Batya Friedman, He, Peter Kahn Jr

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responsibility moral free morally responsible system also one actions people legal may philosophy action person determinism artificial systems even agents

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Moral responsibilityis astatus of morally deserving praise0.90text
Moral responsibilityis amoral hankering to be able to assert that one has some fictitious right such as asserting parental rights instead of parent responsibility.Bruce Waller has argued0.90text
asserting parental rights instead of parent responsibility.Bruce Waller has arguedinstance ofthe denial of moral responsibility is the moral hankering to be able to assert that one has some fictitious right0.80text
in Against Moral Responsibilityinstance ofthe denial of moral responsibility is the moral hankering to be able to assert that one has some fictitious right0.80text
intentionalityinstance ofSurvey accounts in moral philosophy emphasize that debates over ascribing moral responsibility to artificial systems hinge on contested issues0.80text
consciousnessinstance ofSurvey accounts in moral philosophy emphasize that debates over ascribing moral responsibility to artificial systems hinge on contested issues0.80text
and the appropriate functions of legalinstance ofSurvey accounts in moral philosophy emphasize that debates over ascribing moral responsibility to artificial systems hinge on contested issues0.80text
moral accountabilityinstance ofSurvey accounts in moral philosophy emphasize that debates over ascribing moral responsibility to artificial systems hinge on contested issues0.80text
and that there is no consensusinstance ofSurvey accounts in moral philosophy emphasize that debates over ascribing moral responsibility to artificial systems hinge on contested issues0.80text
Moral responsibilityrelated to Arguments that artificial systems cannot be morally responsibleBatya Friedman0.60section
Moral responsibilityrelated to Arguments that artificial systems cannot be morally responsiblePeter Kahn Jr0.60section
Moral responsibilityrelated to Arguments that artificial systems cannot be morally responsibleArthur Kuflik0.60section

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