Some questions about free will compatibilism 2023-01-24T21:54:15.791Z

Comment by Asking Questions (Brian McGrail) on Some questions about free will compatibilism · 2023-01-25T02:25:24.330Z · LW · GW

I believe Harris's view is that we are still justified in imprisoning people for consequentialist reasons, just not based on a "moral desert" theory.

Comment by Asking Questions (Brian McGrail) on Some questions about free will compatibilism · 2023-01-24T23:35:04.565Z · LW · GW

I'm not sure I follow. But in any event, I was thinking of "free will" and "moral responsibility" as definitionally connected (following a convention I picked up reading about the topic). That is, I'm morally responsible for my actions if I undertook them because of my free will.  And my will is "free" in the relevant sense if I can be held morally responsible for my actions. But I'm not attached to the "responsibility" talk; everything in the above can just be reframed in "free will" terms.