Free will and Determinism

Question 1

Define Free Will

Answer 1

Human beings are self-determining and free to choose their thoughts and actions

Question 2

Define hard and soft determinism

Answer 2

All behaviour has a cause versus some mental control over determined events

Question 3

Define biological, environmental and physic determinism

Answer 3

ANS, genes and hormones cause stress, schizophrenia and aggression

Skinner and Freud claimed free will was an illusion

Question 4

Define scientific emphasis on causal explanations

Answer 4

Knowledge of causes and events will allow prediction and control