Question 1

Imagine someone who always acts according to his or her desires-but the desires have been secretly created by a mad scientist using advanced technology. Can he or she really be said to act freely? Would Locke say that he or she acts freely? Explain.

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According to John Locke, an individual's...

Question 2

Stace accepts compatibilism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Hard determinists and Libertarians agree that free will is incompatible with determinism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Rowe says that Lockean freedom exists solely at the level of action.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Do you agree with James that the question of free will versus determinism is unprovable and largely a matter of sentiment based on personality type? In that case, are we determined to choose one view or the other?

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The question of free will versus determi...

Question 6

According to d'Holbach, people always act according to

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A)   free choices.
B)   dictates of the soul.
C)   necessary natural laws.
D)   undetermined will.

Question 7

Libertarianism entails

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A)   The thesis of determinism is false.
B)   The thesis of indeterminism is false.
C)   Our actions have no causes whatsoever.
D)   Free will is an illusion.

Question 8

What is d'Holbach's argument that we do not have free will? Do you think the argument is sound? Explain. Why does d'Holbach maintain that choice does not prove the free agency of man?

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Baron d'Holbach's argument that we do no...

Question 9

The branch of science that provides a counterexample to the notion that every event has a cause is known as

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A)   quantum physics.
B)   quantum computing.
C)   relativity theory.
D)   chaos theory.

Question 10

William James is a fatalist.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The view that no one has free will is called

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A)   determination.
B)   determinism.
C)   soft libertarianism.
D)   hard determinism.

Question 12

Many compatibilists think the Consequence Argument fails because

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A)   it does not define the "past" in a satisfactory way.
B)   its logic is faulty.
C)   the laws of nature are indeed up to us to some extent.
D)   it uses a faulty interpretation of "could do otherwise."

Question 13

The view that what will be will be, and no human actions can change it, is known as

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A)   determinism.
B)   soft determinism.
C)   futurism.
D)   fatalism.

Question 14

The doctrine that every event is determined or necessitated by preceding events and the laws of nature is known as

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A)   libertarianism.
B)   hard determinism.
C)   determinism.
D)   compatibilism.

Question 15

D'Holbach asserts that when we deliberate about a choice, our decision is free and undetermined.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

According to Sartre, the first principle of existentialism is that

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A)   God is dead.
B)   man is all-powerful.
C)   man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.
D)   man is nothing.

Question 17

According to James, indeterminism allows that the world has

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A)   no ambiguous possibilities.
B)   a fixed future.
C)   ambiguous possibilities.
D)   no shadow of turning.

Question 18

William Rowe argues that freedom that is worth the name must include power to

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A)   will.
B)   act randomly.
C)   do if we will.
D)   desire what we want.

Question 19

Taylor believes that simple determinism allows us to have a plausible form of free will.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The view that a free action is caused by an agent (person)  is called

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A)   Taylor's freedom.
B)   fatalism.
C)   the will to believe.
D)   agent causation.

Exam 5: Free Will and Determinism

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Do you agree with James that the question of free will versus determinism is unprovable and largely a matter of sentiment based on personality type? In that case, are we determined to choose one view or the other?

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Rowe says that Lockean freedom exists solely at the level of action.

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What is d'Holbach's argument that we do not have free will? Do you think the argument is sound? Explain. Why does d'Holbach maintain that choice does not prove the free agency of man?

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The branch of science that provides a counterexample to the notion that every event has a cause is known as

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