Responsibility and Inevitability

Year 2023, Issue: 10, 155 - 177, 31.12.2023

John Martin Fischer Mark Ravizza Translator: Fatıma Zehra Koçaş

https://doi.org/10.51575/atebe.1381871

Abstract

John Martin Fischer is one of the leading proponents of semi-compatibilism, one of the ideas proposed in the debates on free will and determinism. According to him, even if it is not possible to make a free choice once determinism is accepted, persons can be held morally responsible for their actions. Thus, the ability to choose one of several alternatives, i.e. to act otherwise, is not necessary for moral responsibility. In his translated article Responsibility and Inevitability, Fischer sketches an outline of a theory of moral responsibility that explains how persons are responsible for their actions, for the actions they do not perform (omissions), and for the consequences of their actions or omissions.

Keywords

Semi-Compatibilism, Responsibility, Moral Responsibility, Determinism, Control

Ethical Statement

Permission for this translation was received via e-mail from John Martin Fischer on 03.10.2023.

Sorumluluk ve Kaçınılmazlık

Abstract

John Martin Fischer, özgür irade ve determinizm ile ilgili tartışmalarda öne sürülen düşüncelerden biri olan yarı-bağdaşırcılık görüşünün önde gelen isimlerindendir. Ona göre, determinizm kabul edildiğinde özgürce bir seçimde bulunabilmek mümkün olmasa bile, kişiler, eylemlerinden ahlaken sorumlu tutulabilirler. Bu durumda ahlaki sorumluluk için birden fazla seçenekten birini seçebilme, yani başka türlü eylemde bulunabilme imkânı gerekli değildir. Fischer, çevirisini sunduğumuz Sorumluluk ve Kaçınılmazlık adlı makalesinde, kişilerin eylemlerinden, gerçekleştirmedikleri eylemlerden (ihmallerden) ve eylemlerinin veya ihmallerinin sonuçlarından nasıl sorumlu olacaklarını açıklayan bir ahlaki sorumluluk teorisini genel hatlarıyla ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

Yarı-Bağdaşırcılık, Sorumluluk, Ahlaki Sorumluluk, Determinizm, Kontrol

Ethical Statement

Bu çeviri için 03.10.2023 tarihinde John Martin Fischer'dan mail yoluyla izin alınmıştır.

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