Great Philosophical Debates: Free Will and Determinism

Responsibility and Emotions (1x18)

Air date: Jan 01, 2008

Philosopher David Hume explored the relationship between emotions and morality in a theory known as sentimentalism, which states there is an emotional basis, not a rational one, for our beliefs, but we are still responsible for the choices we make. Modern English philosopher Peter Strawson developed a similar view that proved influential.