'Gray sees volition, and hence morality, as an illusion, and portrays humanity as a ravenous species engaged in wiping out other forms of life. Gray has written that "humans ... cannot destroy the Earth, but they can easily wreck the environment that sustains them."'https://twitter.com/misen__/status/994129373908406272 …
There being no agency and therefore being no taking of responsibility is logically incoherent. People can being 100% convinced of taking responsibility without having the free agency to do so. Then there is the question of taking-responsibility leading to +ve outcomes. Does it?
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from a philosophical view agency and responsibility are very tightly connected. I challenge you to name a single professional philosopher who claims personal responsibility in the absence of agency. What do you mean by positive outcomes? Responsibility is not a choice.
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And yes, I agree - agency and responsibility are very tightly connected. I don't deny this.
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