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Free will and determinism scholars/examples
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- 1Thomas HabbesFreedom meant that there were no external constraints stopping you
- 2David Hume"If we choose to remain at we rest, we may, and if we chose to move, we also may"
- 3David Hume"By liberty, then, we can only mean a power of acting or not acting"
- 4Inwagen: Libertarian vs determinismLibertarianism is like travelling down a road, coming to a crossroad and deciding which path to take. Determinism is like walking on a straight path.
- 5Darrow: Leopold and Loeb case"He did not make himself"
- 6Mary Bell 1968Strangled two boys to death, possibly because of her violent upbringing etc.
- 7Thomas Bulger case - 1993tortured a boy to death, when they were younger they watched scary, violent films-may have contributed
- 8Ted Honderich 1933claims that everything is determined, internally and externally - he says we have no choice and therefore no responsibility
- 9John Locke on hard determinismIf a man is asleep in a locked room and decides to stay in the room on awakening. Unaware it's locked. In reality the man has no choice to choose. However as he does not know he is freely choosing to stay in the room.
- 10David Hume (soft determinism)Theoretically we could know the future if we were knowledgeable of all the causes in the universe and their effects.
- 11pavlovrung a bell every time a dog ate, so it associated food with the bell and would therefore salivate even without getting food when hearing the bell.
- 12St PaulGod chooses who to save as it's his right
- 13St AugustineArgued human will is so corrupt as a result of 'The Fall' that no human is capable of performing a good action without the grace of GOd and the saving acts of christ
- 14Jean CalvinNo one can change their destiny, only 5% of the human race is destined for salvation
- 15Jean-Paul SartrePeople actively determine their nature through their choices and actions, it's an illusion to believe that there was no free choice. People behind determinism to avoid responsibility.
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