Reactive Attitudes and the Possibility of Moral Judgement

Abstract

In my thesis, I combine Strawson’s defense of the possibility of moral judgements independent of free will, with Frankfurt’s preconditions for being a person, in an attempt to improve upon Strawson’s theory. In doing so, I hope only to offer a slightly more comprehensive account of when it would and would not be appropriate to apply Strawson’s exempting conditions regarding reactive attitudes.