Lecture 7 (Free will, good and evil)

Question 1

what are the 3 main propositions for free will

Answer 1

we freely choose our behavior

every event has a cause

freedom of will and determinism are incompatible

Question 2

what are the 3 key theories that reject one property of free will and what do they reject

Answer 2

hard determinism (1)

libertarian free will (2)

compatibilism (3)

Question 3

what is impossibilism

Answer 3

the idea that free will cannot exist independent of the deterministic position

Question 4

what do pre-modern theoriests say of free will

Answer 4

luther - everything happens by necessity

calivin - predestination

Question 5

what do enlightenment theorists say of free will

Answer 5

descartes - deterministic world and free mind

spinoza - men are mistaken in believing themselves free

Question 6

what do modern theorists say of free will

Answer 6

kant - free will is antimony (both could be correct)

darwin - skeptical on free will

galton - consciousness is a helpless spectator

Question 7

what is libertarian free will

Answer 7

the believe that we have ultimate free will over thoughts, actions and behaviours

Question 8

what does libertarian free will say of events

Answer 8

they are caused but not causally determined by prior events

Question 9

what is a point against libertarian free will

Answer 9

a lot of things impact our behaviours