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Previously, I have argued that moral responsibility for actions is associated with guidance control. This sort of control does not necessarily involve the freedom to do otherwise. In this paper I extend the view to apply to omissions. That is, moral responsibility for an omission is associated with guidance control of that omission. This helps to provide a systematic, unified account of moral responsibility.
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FISCHER, J.M. Responsibility, Control, and Omissions. The Journal of Ethics 1, 45–64 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009707919608
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009707919608