his compatibilism view regarding to the issue of whether human beings have free will. However‚ after a thorough inspection into his arguments and the cases which he employed to support his reasoning‚ I find myself unconvinced by his logic. In the following‚ I shall illustrate the Frankfurt-style argument‚ examine the fallacies within his reasoning‚ argue that why I consider compatibilism to be false‚ and finally‚ give an explanation of why free will is inherently incompatible with determinism The
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to be classified as metaphysicians as are idealists‚ who maintain that there is nothing but ideas‚ or mind‚ or spirit (Metaphysics‚ par 2). The major schools of thought in relation with metaphysics are realism‚ idealism‚ materialism‚ determinism‚ and libertarianism.
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Taking on this apparent dichotomy‚ compatibilists believe that both free will and determinism are logically consistent with each other. Although‚ admittedly‚ there is no clear consensus for either case (just as none exist for any theological debate)‚ the reasonability of each can be discussed. Compatibilists share a component with each
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affirmation of free wills assumptions Either our wills are determined by a long chain of prior causes And we are not responsible for them Or they are the product of chance And we are not responsible for them Or they are some combination of determinism and chance No combination allows us free will Example: Murderer As sickening as I might find the persons behavior‚ I have to admit if I were to trade places with him‚ atom for atom‚ I would be him. There is no extra part of me that could resist
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that our ability to make free choices is an illusion which means that we are not free at all. Others state that there is something else beyond our understanding that may cause our actions to be determined. These theories can be linked to Determinism. Determinism says that there are laws that exist outside of our control that cause the things that happen-laws such as gravity. Scientific laws determine all our actions based on what has happened before. Previous events have consequences that may be
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stating the Exclusion Argument for Physicalism. I will be stating each premise and providing an example to further my point. Furthermore‚ I will be evaluating the Exclusion argument and giving my own stance. Whether I advocate for Hard Determinism or Compatibilism and how does free will go into play. The causal closure of physics is notably known as an argument against Dualism. The first premise‚ downward causation occurs when a mental event causes a physical event in the body. Secondly‚ causal closure
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suggesting we always have a choice. Christian Libertarians argue that God simply offers moral guidance but allows us to behave in the way we want to. Libertarianism is the theory that humans do have genuine freedom to make a morally undetermined decision‚ although our behaviour may be partially determined by external factors. Libertarianism is the view that when faced with the choice between right and wrong we do act as free agents. Generally libertarianists
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Kant‚ a soft determinist‚ said that in order to make a moral decision we must have freedom. Kant believed that the ability to make moral decisions lay within the existence of freedom; stating that if we are not free to make our own decisions those decisions could not be moral as we were never free to make that decision in the first place. Kant thought that a person could be blamed for an action if they could have acted differently; for example if a person’s family is held at gunpoint and they are
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Insanity Defense and the Question of Human Agency 1. Explain how a determinist view of free will versus a libertarianism view of free will changes the argument for the insanity defense‚ and capital punishment. 2. Do you think a libertarianism view of free will down plays the effect of the environment on an individual? 3. Are people born inherently good and choose to make bad decisions‚ or does the environment influence an individual’s decisions? 4. Recent studies on intelligence quotient suggest
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While analyzing and discussing the issues of epistemology‚ determinism and consciousness in relation to Du Bois’ thoughts on race and ethnicity‚ an attempt to answer the questions of whether or not these relationships alter or add to the standard philosophical conceptions of the Self and Personhood from the epistemological standpoint of my own gender‚ ethnic background‚ and personal identity. Du Bois’ theories on race/ethnicity adjacent to American society still touch base with the minority community
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