PHL105Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Incompatibilism, Necessitarianism, Hard Determinism
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Accepts free will and incompatibilism; hence, rejects determinism. Each of us, when we act, is a prime mover unmoved. In doing what we do, we cause certain events to happen, and nothing or no one causes us to cause these events to happen (roderick chisholm). The overall trend of theories that explain human behavior is not encouraging as far as free will is concerned. Each new discovery chips away a bit more of our confidence. The more we learn about the sources of human conduct, the less room there seems to be for the idea of free choice (james rachels). Rejects free will; free will is incompatible with determinism and also with indeterminism. the position that i defend is agnostic about causal determinism. I contend . that we would not have the sort of free will required for moral responsibility if causal determinism were true, but also that indeterministic theories do not significantly improve its prospects.
