ABSTRACT
The moral responsibility system is deeply entrenched and difficult to eliminate, even when we recognize the severe problems it causes. There is a strong temptation to hang onto key elements of the moribund system of moral responsibility by making adjustments and revisions (analogous to the way in which astronomers—who were reluctant to embrace the Copernican system and abandon the Ptolemaic system—sought a compromise in the Tychonic system proposed by Tycho Brahe). Gaining the advantages of a new system requires the complete rejection of the moral responsibility system, with no compromises.
