PHLA10H3 Lecture 20: The Philosophy of Freedom II
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Phla10 lecture 22 freedom and determinism i (continued) Vivian owns more dogs than any other child she has 3 of them. A) urma and vivian have two dog breeds in common. Actions are caused by events in the distant past ; there is a cause for an action that is out of your control. Could-have-done-otherwise line of thought: what makes an action free is we have the choice of taking it, a free choice is one the agent was not forced to make, that is the agent could have chosen differently. Patti hearst was raised by a wealthy american family. She was kidnapped by a terrorist group and eventually became a part of the group. She was caught during an attempt to rob a bank. Most daily actions are considered to be free acts. However, some highly unusual situations are considered to undermine freedom, like hearst"s case: other examples of these situations.
