The consequence argument as a modification of the lazy reason

Yurasov Andrey

The consequence argument in defense of incompatibilism has a sophistic nature, namely, it is a modification of the so-called lazy reason. The connection of the consequence argument with lazy reason is mediated by the rule β. Even if the relation “up to us” is understood as not determined unambiguously by external causes, the consequences of phenomena that are not up to us may be up to us. The fact that the consequence argument is considered in analytical philosophy as the main incompatibilist argument indicates a crisis in modern studies of free will.

Keywords:consequence argument, free will, incompatibilism, lazy reason, determinism, rule β.