Unit 4

According to compatibilism, three of the claims below are true. Which one is not?

All events and choices we make are up to chance, like the behavior of sub-atomic particles.

John Calvin was known for his view that:

It is only by God's intervention and predestination that we can be saved.

According to compatibilism, which of the three claims below are true?

That someone is morally responsible for some action is consistent with the thesis of determinism. A person is morally responsible for an action only if he does it freely. A person performs an action freely only if he has or had alternatives to the action.

A soft determinist response to the religious argument for predestination makes an analogy between our life choices and:

a Choose Your Own Adventure book

One who believes that choices and decisions in life are determined by nature, biology or genetics would be called a:

hard determinist

William James would be called a:

indeterminist

Soft determinists or compatibilists will often make a distinction between:

internal and external causes of actions

If I have a genetic predisposition to become addicted to something:

it would seem there is less reason to hold me responsible for my actions than someone who does not have a genetic predisposition

Some would argue that advertising:

may erode our free will by encouraging us to make choices that are against our own best interests

In libertarian views that believe in free will, it is not argued that:

my biology and genetics are unavoidably determining my choices

For indeterminists, the fact that events can be random or purely up to chance means that we should be:

optimistic, that chance might work out in our favor

Joseph Keim Campbell believes that he has given reason to believe all of the following except:

praiseworthiness depends on whether or not determinism is true or false

Joseph Keim Campbell believes that he has given reason to believe all of the following:

praiseworthiness is independent of the truth or falsity of determinism often the truthfulness of those utterances is essential to the moral praiseworthiness or blameworthiness of an individual's action on at least some occasions there are truthful utterances of ability sentences

According to James, indeterminism means that we have no reasonable grounds for:

regrets

Philosophers who argue that some of our actions are free, and some may not be free for various reasons, are usually called:

soft determinists or compatibilists

One of the major problems in the debate over free will is whether or not:

the laws of nature are deterministic, and thus our actions are determined