ao1 free will

Question 1

what is free will?

Answer 1

the belief that each individual has the power to make choices about their behaviour, without being determined by internal or external forces beyond their control

Question 2

define moral responsibility

Answer 2

• an individual is in charge of their own actions = behaviour is self-determined
• the law states that children and the mentally ill don’t have responsibility everyone else does
• therefore humans are accountable for their behaviour regardless of innate factors/early experiences

Question 3

the humanistic approach on free will
what does it suggest?

Answer 3

• rogers 1959 = as long as an individual remains controlled by casual factors they cannot take responsibility for their own behaviour and so can’t change it
• only when responsibility is taken self actualisation is possible
• humanism is praised as a positive approach = sees people as free to give them a chance to better themselves