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What is the difference between hard determinism and fatalism?
- Fatalism: some events are predestined: no matter what happens now, the outcome is the same---whether I do x or y now, z will result. Greek mythology.
- Hard determinism: If I do x now, z will result; if I would do y now, w would result. But the past determines that I will do x now.
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What is libertarianism?
The view that at least some human actions are free, and therefore, the thesis of determinism is false
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What is the relationship between libertarianism as a political theory/party and libertarianism as a philosophical theory?
- believe that small government should not interfere, people have the right to live their lives freely.
- - believe that people are free to govern themselves
- - believe that you have free will
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What is Campbell's definition of free will?(libertarians def of free will)
- An action is a free action if and only if:
- 1. S CHOSE TO PERFORM A
- 2. S IS THE SOLE AUTHOR OF A—NO EXTERNAL FORCES CAUSED A TO OCCUR.
- 3. S COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING OTHER THAN A, ALL ELSE BEING EQUAL.
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What is the moral argument for libertarianism and how would the determinist respond to it?
states that
ought implies can: a person has an obligation to do something only if she is able to do so
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How would the determinist respond to the moral argument for libertarianism.
WE PRAISE AND BLAME PEOPLE NOT BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT BUT BECAUSE IT REGULATES BEHAVIOR. FURTHER, WE ARE DETERMINED TO DO SO
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What is the indeterminism in physics argument for free will ?
- - believes that the thesis of det. is false.
- - believes that there is at least one event that is not caused.
- argument: At the subatomic level of physical reality, there is genuine indeterminacy. If there is genuine indeterminacy at the subatomic level, then the thesis of determinism is false. if the TOD is false, then libertarians must be true since they are competitors.
- Conclusion: therefore libertarianism is true and we have free will
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How would the TOD respond to the indeterminism in physics argument for free will
- Believes the issue of randomness. Uncaused events are not free, they are random.
- - There might be indeterminacy at the subatomic level but not at the level of human action
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