Stephen Kershnar on the Impossibility of Responsibility

Published: Feb. 5, 2023, 6 p.m.

Kershnar presents a dilemma: we’re responsible for our decisions because they’re caused by our psychology. But do we choose our psychology? If we do, then it seems that choice couldn’t have been a morally responsible choice, since our psychology didn’t choose it. But if we didn’t choose our psychology, then we can’t be responsible for the choices that come from our psychology.

Presenters: Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff 

Editor and Producer: Jimmy Mullen