7: Freedom Flashcards
The act of choosing or deciding
Free Will
Other term for free will
Volition
Acting part of doing what you have chosen
Freedom
Stated that human freedom is an illusion and is nothing but our ignorance of the basic laws of nature
B.F. Skinner
Walden Two
“Behavior of human ca be controlled in good or bad.”
B.F. Skinner
He assumes the idea of radical freedom by claiming that man is condemned to be free
Jean-Pail Sartes
“Man is nothing else but that which he makes himself.”
Jean-Paul Sartes
Man is never compelled or determines, he is totally free and therefore, totally responsible for all the things that he does
Jean-Paul Sartes
Existence precedes essence
Existentialism
Purpose is coming from you, hence you create your own purpose and do not find it
Existentialism
Essence precedes existence
Essentialism
Purpose has already been given and laid out and is only waiting to be found and discovered
Essentialism
