How Is Robert Harris Morally Responsible

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Robert Harris, a man with a disturbing background was held accountable for the murders of two teenagers. Harris suffered mistreatment and abuse through his childhood. Due to lack of love and care, Harris’s ideas and thoughts resulted in his cruel and violent behavior. A hard determinist, compatibilist, and libertarian would have different perspectives as to whether Robert Harris was morally responsible for the murders he committed.

A hard determinist believes in determinism and agrees that the future is firmly fixed by the past. In addition, they argue that a fully determined future is incompatible with free will, thus saying true freedom requires control over the future, and since people lack control, they should accept that they are not
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