PHYS 1118 Lecture Notes - Compatibilism, Social Dynamics, Social Forces
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Human nature: people are born with certain basic instincts that influence how they behave. Environmental influences: people are shaped by their environment, conditioned by their experiences to be the kind of people they are. Social dynamics: people are social creatures who are influenced by the social forces around them. Free will: people make free choices that reflect and shape who they are, and they are responsible for the consequences of these choices. Psychological forces: people are governed by psychological forces, some of them unconscious, that cause them to think, feel and act in certain ways. The view that every event, including human actions, is brought about by previous events in accordance with universal causal laws that govern the world. The belief that behaviour can be traced to a cause, although they may disagree about what those causes are. The view that all events including human actions, are caused.
