Frankfurt case

English

Etymology

Presented by philosopher Harry Frankfurt in 1969.

Noun

Frankfurt case (plural Frankfurt cases)

  1. (philosophy) Any of a set of counterexamples to the principle of alternate possibilities (PAP), which holds that an agent is morally responsible for an action only if they could have acted otherwise.
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