Exam 5: Free Will and Determinism

Stace accepts compatibilism.

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

Libertarianism entails

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

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

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

According to Sartre, the first principle of existentialism is that

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

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?

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

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

According to James, indeterminism allows that the world has

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

Many compatibilists think the Consequence Argument fails because

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.

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

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?

William James is a fatalist.

According to d'Holbach, people always act according to

The view that no one has free will is called