4a-c Flashcards
6 key features of Augustines determinism
Doctrine of original sin
Our concupiscence and seminal presence
Humanity as a lump of sin
Liberum Arbitrium (our essential nature is free)
Libertas lost to sin
Grace and atonement for the remnant (elect)
Describe Augustine’s determinism
Single determinism, with elements of free will
7 features of Calvins determinism
Doctrine of election
Gods absolute power
Humans in total depravity
Calvinistic Fatalism
Justification by faith
Particular redemption + double predestination
Irresistible grace
Describe Calvin’s determinism
Double determinism, no free will
Describe hard determinism
Materialist, incompatibility theory rooted in universal causation (every effect has an antecedent cause)
What example is used
Man in bedroom illustration
Other types of determinism
Scientific - genetic fixity
Psychological - classical conditioning and operant conditioning
Key names for psychological determinism
Pavlov (classical)
John Watson and B.F Skinner (operant)
Describe soft determinism
Compatibilist theory based on the possession of the liberty of spontaneity
Key thinkers
A.J Ayer - caused acts v forced acts
Thomas Hobbes - external and internal causes
What does satre say
We’re condemned to be free
Descartes
Freedom is self evident
What does Kant say?
Moral laws are based on a priori synthetic reasoning
Swinburne
Wanting a toy world where there is no opportunities for real decision making, with no evil and preserving free will
Ward
Prayer is freely brining yourself to be more like god
