Ascriptivism is the view that human beings are to be held responsible for their social actions.[1] Ascriptivists hold that to say 'an action was voluntary on the part of an agent' is not to describe 'the act as caused in a certain way', but to ascribe it to the agent, or to hold the agent responsible for it.[2]

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  1. ^ "Ismbook.com". ascriptivism. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  2. ^ Peter Geach. "Hist-analytic.com". ascriptivism. Retrieved 2012-04-01.

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