MORAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE PRINCIPLE OF AVOIDABLE BLAME

Moral responsibility and the principle of avoidable blame

Many now accept that Frankfurt-style cases refute the principle of alternative possibilities (PAP).But, in this paper I argue that even if Frankfurt-style cases refute PAP they do not refute a related principle: the principle of avoidable Electronics blame (PAB).My argument develops from the observation that an agent in a Frankfurt-style case can b

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Identification and functional characterization of the sulfakinin and sulfakinin receptor in the Chinese white pine beetle Dendroctonus armandi

The sulfakinin (SK) is an important signal molecule.As a neuromodulator, it mediates a variety of behavioral processes and physiological functions in invertebrates through the interaction with G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).However, there is no report on the functional role of SK in the Chinese white pine beetle, Dendroctonus armandi.We have c

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