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2021, Thomas Nagel, "Types of Intuition: Thomas Nagel on human rights and moral knowledge", London Review of Books, vol. 43, no. 11 (3 June 2021), pp. 3, 5–6, 8. Deontology, consequentialism, utilitarianism.
Nov 24, 2014 · In Nagel’s What Does It All Mean, chapter 6 discusses the idea of free will. Nagel proposes several different theories in this chapter; yet, he ultimately seems to disagree with all of them. The first is the idea of determinism: “circumstances before an action determine that it will happen, and rule out any other possibility”.
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Nov 24, 2014 · Determinism, Moral Responsibility, Free Will. Nagel presents determinism as “the circumstances before an action determine that it will happen, and rule out any other possibility.”. These circumstances including an individual’s sum of experiences, knowledge, etc, all contribute to this.
Oct 10, 2023 · This is a hypothetical question used by philosopher Thomas Nagel (1937- ) to explain the concept of determinism, and the difference between soft and hard determinism. Both kinds of determinists agree that the events that led up to your choice were predetermined.
Jan 26, 2004 · As Nagel defines it, “Where a significant aspect of what someone does depends on factors beyond his control, yet we continue to treat him in that respect as an object of moral judgment, it can be called moral luck” (Nagel 1979, 59). To bring out the conflict with the Control Principle even more starkly, we will understand moral luck as follows:
In his essay "Moral Luck," Nagel is pessimistic about finding morally responsible agents in a world that views agents exteranlly, reducing them to happenings, to sequences of events, following natural laws, whether deterministic or indeterministic.
Oct 10, 2023 · To explain the idea of determinism, philosopher Thomas Nagel (1987) uses an example of choosing between selecting a peach or a piece of chocolate cake out of a cafeteria line. If you choose the cake and think to yourself, “I could have chosen the peach instead,” what does that mean, and is it true?
