Abstract

Freedom-determinism compatibilism says a deed is correctly censurable if and only if it flows from a bad character, irrespective of what caused that character. In the relevant sense, the doer could have done otherwise whenever with a better character s/he would have. But commonsense considers that unavoidable early brutalizing experiences can at least mitigate blame. The reconciliation is that when a partly formed bad character causes early choices productive of a more fully formed character which leads then to subsequent misdeeds, blame for them is augmented on account of that, but it is not thus augmented if the early brutalization was instead unavoidable. Properly viewed, the case is one, not of reduced blame, but just of unaugmented blame.

摘要

自由决定论相容论认为，当且仅当一项行为源自坏性格时，无论是什么导致了这种性格，它才是正确的应受谴责的行为。在相关意义上，只要行为者具有更好的品格，他/她就可以采取其他做法。但常识认为，不可避免的早期残酷经历至少可以减轻责备。和解是，当部分形成的坏性格导致早期选择产生更完全形成的性格，从而导致随后的不当行为时，对他们的责备会因此而增加，但如果早期的残酷行为是不可避免的，那么责备就不会因此而增加。正确地看待，情况是一个，而不是减少责备，但只是不加夸大的责备。