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Freewill & Determinism
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- 1What did Aristotle say was important when placing blame and praise?intention
- 2What do hard determinists do?Reject freedom & moral responsibility
- 3Give 1 negative of hard determinismPuts us in doubt of praise and blame
- 4Give 3 positives of hard determinism-Gives reasons for people's actions
-Makes us consider why people do what they do
-Gives confidence- 'I'm meant to be here'
-Used to build defences in legal system - 5What do soft determinists do?Think that determinism is essential to the notion of free will
- 6What did Plato say we had to distinguish between?-Formed personality (shaped by genetics/environment)
-Moral self (decides between self-interest & duty in moral situations) - 7What did Van Inwagen's metaphor mean?-Each path is genuinely open to you if you could have chosen either one
-This is our experience of choice so we must have free will - 8What are libertarians' 3 arguments?-We have experience of making decisions
-Everyone makes decisions
-This is about what is necessarily & contingently true - 9Give 2 negatives of libertarianism-Disagrees with determinism
-Surely actions are caused - 10Give 1 positive of libertarianismWe do seem to choose things in life eg. people from violent backgrounds go on to be good people
- 11What does 'pre-established harmony' mean?Everything you think you choose to do is actually done by God
- 12What are Kane's 5 freedoms?-Self-realisation
-Rational self-control
-Self-perfection
-Self-determination
-Self-formation - 13What do soft determinists believe?Some aspects of human action are determined but we are morally responsible for our actions
- 14Define internal causeFreely chosen wishes and desires
- 15Define external causePre-determined factors that are not your wishes or desires
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- A level Ethics Flashcards on Freewill & Determinism, created by iantojones3 on 16/06/2015.
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