tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post3968054819229777934..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Freedom, responsibility and the open futureAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-38938221225971319292017-11-16T08:11:16.641-06:002017-11-16T08:11:16.641-06:00Heath White
"Isn't this true on any view?...Heath White<br />"Isn't this true on any view? You're not responsible for having done A until you've done it and are no longer free."<br /><br />The problem I see with a non-open view of the future is I am not free at this moment to do ~A because it is already true now that I will choose A.Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-22443032235761973152017-11-15T07:27:13.982-06:002017-11-15T07:27:13.982-06:00Isn't this true on any view? You're not ...Isn't this true on any view? You're not responsible for having done A until you've done it and are no longer free.<br />Heath Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535886546816778688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-25582909513697705282017-11-15T00:21:22.568-06:002017-11-15T00:21:22.568-06:00I don't really see what an open future has to ...I don't really see what an open future has to do with being responsible or not.<br />Let's suppose there is a positive fact about me choosing A at t2<br />Then: At t2, it is fact that I choose A, so at t2 I am not free with respect to A and at t1, it is also already a fact that I will choose A at t2, so at t1 I am not free with respect to A.<br />It seems to follow that on a non-open view of the future, at no time am I free with respect to A <i>and</i> at no time am I responsible with respect to A.Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.com