On Human Freedom (lesson 5)

Question 1

What is a determinism with no freedom?

Answer 1

Hard Determinism

Question 2

What is a determinism that shows compatibilism

Answer 2

Soft Determinism

Question 3

This determinism is that the will of an individual is not free and is instead determined by factors beyond their control and responsibility.

Answer 3

Hard Determinism

Question 4

This determinism is that the will of an individual remains free even if some of that individual’s choices are determined by previous experiences

Answer 4

Soft Determinism

Question 5

This determinism shows total freedom.

Answer 5

Indeterminism

Question 6

What is the state of being excused from moral responsibility for an act that is objectively immoral?

Answer 6

Excusability

Question 7

It is an existentialist that is unwilling to excuse anyone from responsibility for their moral choices.

Answer 7

Satre

Question 8

The making of a self depends on being __________, a condition that is directly responsible for p____________.

Answer 8

Accountable, Personhood

remember: If we grant this premise as a moral ideal, then we must still consider whether there are any conditions under which we might hold a person not morally accountable for an objectively immoral act.

Question 9

He is an Argentine moral, legal, and political philosopher.

Answer 9

Carlos Santiago Nino

Question 10

He was essential in bringing back democracy in Argentina.

Answer 10

Carlos Santiago Nino

Question 11

It is how society can recover from massive human rights violation.

Answer 11

Radical Evil on Trial (by Carlos Santiago Nino)

Question 12

It is offenses against human dignity so widespread, persistent, and organized that normal moral assessment seems inappropriate.

Answer 12

Radical Evil

Question 13

What are some things that those who are to perpetrate radical evil seem to be operating outside the moral system that we consider acceptable?

Answer 13

▪ Their actions seem alien to us as would those of people who did not
share our concepts of space and time.
▪ How can we legitimately judge them in our own morality?

Question 14

What does dictators such as Hitler and Marcos have that makes challenge of punishing and justice on radical evil?

Answer 14

They have a strong and sincere conviction that what they are doing is right.

Question 15

Massive human rights violation can be carried out if many people participate to ________ or _______ extent/

Answer 15

greater or lesser

Question 16

What are the benefits of punishment and justice on radical evil?

Answer 16

o A public acknowledgment of the scope and nature of the atrocities
o Legal rights of the defendant(s) are meticulously protected, highlights (by
contrast) the unlawful actions of the accused
o Trials promote a public discussion that is emotionally cathartic and
builds public solidarity

Question 17

A political philosopher, author, and holocaust survivor.

Answer 17

Hannah Arendt

Question 18

A phrase that describes evil acts are not necessarily perpetrated by evil peoples

Answer 18

“The Banality of Evil”

Question 19

One of the leading examples of Hannah Arendt about the banality of evil

Answer 19

Adolf Eichmann

Question 20

He is one off the major organizers of the holocaust.

Answer 20

Adolf Eichmann

Question 21

He Had no special hatred toward his victims and was extremely
respectful of “law and order”

Answer 21

Adolf Eichmann

Question 22

His personal objective was furthering his own career; causing harm to others was a necessary consequence of pursuing this objective

Answer 22

Adolf Eichmann