Philosophy, Et Cetera: Choosing Freedom - Choosing Determinism
Philosophy, Et Cetera: Choosing Freedom - Choosing Determinism
Philosophy, Et Cetera: Choosing Freedom - Choosing Determinism
actually feel much more free if I knew for sure that my actions
were reliably
caused by my beliefs and desires. I would feel much more free if,
in that given
proximate cause of our actions - but it's okay that our desires
were themselves
caused by preceding events that were outside of our control. In
contrast, the
libertarian (F1) would require that our mind be the ultimate
cause of our actions.
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Philosophy, et cetera: Choosing Freedom - Choosing Determinism
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That's all. Described like this, it's really no big deal. We could
always just make
1.
AnonymousNov 3, 2004 05:10 PM
Wow. That's about the simplest breakdown I've read on all this
compatibilist vs incompatibilist nonsense. I like it.
I guess the question is whether hypothetical could (F2) is enough
to hold someone morally responsible for their actions... Well, at
least that's what I wonder coming from an incompatibilist bent.
I'd say societally yes, but that's really only from a pragmatic
standpoint. Ultimately? How can you blame someone for what
the
universe made them (do)?
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Philosophy, et cetera: Free Will - mere semantic quibble?