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Philo Final - Part Two: The Three Branches of Philosophy > Free Will > Flashcards

Free Will Flashcards

1
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Why does Free Will matter?

A

Autonomy & Moral Responsibility

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What is Autonomy?

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Having control over one’s own life; not like a puppet

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What is Moral Responsibility?

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(Praise/Blame) If there is no free will, then moral responsibility doesn’t make sense

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Define Determinism

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The idea that every event has a cause (inevitable future event). There is only one patch the entire universe must follow. No many paths, no free will.

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Present cirumstances + laws of nature…

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inevitable future event

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Why Determinism seems to rule out Free Will?

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Determinism says there is only ONE possible future path.
Free Will says there are many paths.

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Path & Destination of…
Determinism
Fate
Free Will

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Determinism: One path, One Destination

Fate: Many paths, One Destination

Free Will: Many path, many Destinations

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Is Determinism True?

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Hard Determinism: Yes
Libertarianism: No
Soft Determinism: Yes

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Do humans have Free Will?

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Hard Determinism: No (many paths)
Libertarianism: Yes (many paths)
Soft Determinism: Yes (doing what you want)

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Can Determinism & Free Will be true at the same time?

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Hard Determinism: No
Libertarianism: No
Soft Determinism: Yes

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What does Free Will mean?

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Hard Determinism: many paths
Libertarianism: many paths
Soft Determinism: doing what you want to do, not being forced

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Is Jack a murdered because of childhood?

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Hard Determinism: Yes
Libertarianism: No
Soft Determinism: Yes

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Compatibilism

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Soft Determinism

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Incompatibilism

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Hard Determinism
Libertarian

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Does the murderer still have Free Will?

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Hard Determinism: No
Libertarianism: Yes
Soft Determinism: Yes

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16
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Humans have Free Will?

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L & SD

17
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Determinism is true

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HD & SD

18
Q

A murderer becomes a murdered because of his childhood abuse

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HD & SD

19
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The definition of Free Will is the ability to take many paths

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HD & L

20
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Human beings actually have the ability to take many future paths

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Only L

21
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These two sentences could, in theory, both be true at the same time: humans have free will, every event has a cause

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“Compatibilism” - SD

22
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If Jill is doing what she wants to do, then she definitely has Free Will

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SD

23
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Every event has a cause that inevitably results in that event

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HD & SD

24
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Given his childhood abuse, it was inevitable that Jack would become a murderer

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HD & SD

25
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In order to have free will, a human must have the ability to take many paths

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HD & L

26
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The murderer is a murderer because of his genes and childhood events

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HD & SD

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