Free Will as the Foundation of Criminal Responsibility in the Debate between Compatibilism and Incompatibilism

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NOBAHAR RAHIM; Khatteshab Mohammadreza

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Journal: JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCH Year:2017 | Volume:5 | Issue:9 Page(s): 87-113

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Free Will as the Foundation of Criminal Responsibility in the Debate between Compatibilism and Incompatibilism

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NOBAHAR RAHIM | Khatteshab Mohammadreza | Issue Writer Certificate

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Determinism

Free Will

Compatibilism

Incompatibilism

Criminal Responsibility

Abstract

Criminal law presupposes human beings are rational agents who have Free Will and ability to control their conducts. Raising doubt about this presupposition would threaten and harm criminal law. It is because punishing a person who has no control over his acts is unjust. Furthermore, Determinism makes some major functions of criminal law like deterrence nonsense. Obviously, law cannot guide the forced persons who have no Free Will. Some philosophers raise the idea of impossibility of Free Will for human being by reference to the causal universe in which we live. This article considers two basic approaches about Free Will and Determinism; i. e. compatibility and incompatibility. It also tries to make a consistency between the acceptance of Free Will of human being along with causal relations and living in a causal universe. Such an approach, according to the authors would provide background for having a more just and fair understanding of Criminal Responsibility.

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NOBAHAR, RAHIM, & Khatteshab, Mohammadreza. (2017). Free Will as the Foundation of Criminal Responsibility in the Debate between Compatibilism and Incompatibilism. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCH, 5(9 ), 87-113. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/269765/en

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NOBAHAR RAHIM, Khatteshab Mohammadreza. Free Will as the Foundation of Criminal Responsibility in the Debate between Compatibilism and Incompatibilism. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCH[Internet]. 2017;5(9 ):87-113. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/269765/en

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RAHIM NOBAHAR, and Mohammadreza Khatteshab, “Free Will as the Foundation of Criminal Responsibility in the Debate between Compatibilism and Incompatibilism,” JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCH, vol. 5, no. 9 , pp. 87–113, 2017, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/269765/en

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