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published on May 12, 2017
John Lemos
Hard-heartedness and Libertarianism Again
A Rejoinder to Double
In a recent article (“Hard-heartedness and Libertarianism,” 2013), I defended libertarian views of free will against Richard Double’s argument that such views are hard-hearted (“The Moral Hardness of Libertarianism,” 2002). In supporting my main argument against Double, I invoked what I call “the Puppetmaster” argument. Double has recently countered that this argument fails. In this essay, I provide a response to this negative assessment of the Puppetmaster argument.