PrepTest 66, Section 3, Question 7
Philosopher: Both the consequences and the motives of human actions have bearing on the moral worth of those actions. Nonetheless, to be a moral agent one must have free will, because one cannot be a moral agent without desiring to conform to a principle.
Philosopher: Both the consequences and the motives of human actions have bearing on the moral worth of those actions. Nonetheless, to be a moral agent one must have free will, because one cannot be a moral agent without desiring to conform to a principle.
Philosopher: Both the consequences and the motives of human actions have bearing on the moral worth of those actions. Nonetheless, to be a moral agent one must have free will, because one cannot be a moral agent without desiring to conform to a principle.
Philosopher: Both the consequences and the motives of human actions have bearing on the moral worth of those actions. Nonetheless, to be a moral agent one must have free will, because one cannot be a moral agent without desiring to conform to a principle.
The philosopher's argument requires the assumption that
one cannot be a moral agent if one lacks a concern for the consequences of actions
desiring to conform to a principle requires free will
nobody who acts without taking the consequences of the action into consideration is free
it is impossible to have desires without also being a moral agent
it is impossible to perform morally worthy actions without at some time conforming to a principle
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