PHIL 100 Lecture 11: Lec11
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In 1974, patty hearst was kidnapped by the symbionese liberation army. She robbed a bank with the sla. If not, what"s the difference between our actions and. Necessary conditions for free will: self-control condition: My actions are under my control in a manner necessary for moral responsibility: choice condition: For any action, i could have chosen otherwise. Why do we care about free will: free will is linked to moral responsibility. To be the proper recipient of praise/blame. One solution to the problem of evil: god made humans with free will: authorship/personal autonomy. Autonomy: self-governance on the basis of values one identifies as important. I am the author of my life, my character. We might begin by pointing to the feeling of freedom. The debate over free will involves the thesis of causal determinism: Past events and the laws of nature necessitate only one possible future. Causal determinism: the laws of nature, and past events determine the future.
