English Explanatory Dictionary

Frankfurt case

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Frankfurt case Frankfurt cases

Etymology

Presented by philosopher Harry Frankfurt in 1969.

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