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ought implies can

A common dictum in philosophy asserting that control (“can”) is a precondition of responsibility (“ought”). This is well accepted with respect to moral responsibility: one is morally responsible for only what is within one’s control. The dictum is somewhat more controversial in the case of doxastic responsibility—one point of contention in debates over the ethics of belief.

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