Deep Control

Abstract

This introductory chapter discusses the book's framework about moral responsibility. It argues that if fundamental laws of nature have irreducible indeterminacies associated with them, then being morally responsible should not “hang on thread”, or that people should not give up their views of being morally responsible and deeply different from animal. The chapter presents some articulation on the concept of moral responsibility. It states that the conditions of applying this concept are completely compatible with accepting any of its specific options. Some of the important themes such as Harry Frankfurt's cases and the principle of alternative possibilities are also explained.