Journal article
Many worlds and moral responsibility
- Abstract:
- Moral responsibility is integral to most forms of theism. Yet its coherence as a concept is contingent upon the fulfilment of certain metaphysical conditions. In this paper I argue that (1) the continued existence of the self, and (2) freedom of will and action, are necessary conditions for moral responsibility, particularly within a theistic context. I then argue that the Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (or, the Many Worlds Interpretation) throws these assumptions into question in new and interesting ways.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/14746700.2024.2359187
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- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Journal:
- Theology and Science More from this journal
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 456–473
- Publication date:
- 2024-07-24
- Acceptance date:
- 2023-10-23
- DOI:
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1474-6719
- ISSN:
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1474-6700
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1556898
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pubs:1556898
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2023-11-01
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- Copyright holder:
- Emily Qureshi-Hurst
- Copyright date:
- 2024
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- © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in anymedium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on whichthis article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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