Implications around free will

Question 1

Praise and
Blame

Answer 1

Without free will, there can be no sense of moral responsibility. Irrational to blame anyone for their actions

Question 2

Why should people be punished?

Answer 2

• They deserve it (retributionist)
• Protect society
• Deterrent
• Rehabilitation

Question 3

Susan Wolf’s view

Answer 3

consequentialism is pessimistic, she argues that this view
of praise or blame is the same way that we justify praise or blame for lower animals, treating them as a machine. Dehumanising

Question 4

Embracing determinism

Answer 4

Compassionate. We do not blame people with conditions such as tourettes, so if we are determined it is the same.

Question 5

Implication of the mind-body problem

Answer 5

Could be more harmful than helpful to free will. A separate entity outside the body being in control.