The problem of freedom and its relationship with the moral responsibility awarding has been extensively analysed within the philosophical academy. Three fundamental positions exist around this analysis: libertarianism, compatibilism and determinism. All of them are connected at the same time with their corresponding vision about personal identity. However, which position can be the most adequate at the moment of judging and punishing a man by his actions? The current article answers this questio…
Read moreThe problem of freedom and its relationship with the moral responsibility awarding has been extensively analysed within the philosophical academy. Three fundamental positions exist around this analysis: libertarianism, compatibilism and determinism. All of them are connected at the same time with their corresponding vision about personal identity. However, which position can be the most adequate at the moment of judging and punishing a man by his actions? The current article answers this question beginning from a specific case in a film, namely: The widow of Saint-Pierre directed by Patrice Leconte. It will be seen how a modified compatibilist vision leads us to the resolution of this sort of cases.
