This is somewhat related to my previous question, here: Is the nature of morality counterfactual?. If morality is counterfactual, what would a necessitarian point of view imply about it? Since necessitarians do not believe in counterfactuals, would that mean a necessitarian does not believe in the existence of morality? This does not mean a necessitarian would behave immorally, just that there is no such thing as morality, because morality is a counterfactual theory. But has any philosopher argued that the existence of morality is compatible with necessitarianism?
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2Well, there probably aren't many necessitarians around these days. But you can still do counterfactuals if you are a necessitarian, because you don't need "possible worlds" to frame counterfactuals. You just need to trace the consequences of a causal model. See Judea Pearl. – causative Aug 24 '23 at 01:37