Does the Direct Argument Beg the Question?

American Philosophical Quarterly 59 (1):81-96 (2022)
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The direct argument is among the most prominent arguments for the incompatibility of determinism and moral responsibility. Some critics of the argument have accused it, or certain defenses of its central premise, of begging the question. This article responds to that accusation.

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10.5406/21521123.59.1.06

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