PHIL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, Mahatma Gandhi
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Is determinism compatible with free will and moral responsibility (stace). It imbues events with significance: some people think it operates in their own lives. Problem: most people think a human being is inly responsible for actions which are up to them. It is compatible with free will: only some events are fated, we are responsible for events which are not fated. If god is omniscient, it seems that humans do not have free will. God knows what we will do before we do it. Three possibilities: god knows the future; therefore, humans are not free, god does not know future and humans are free, god knows future and humans are free. You can assign praise or blame but no one can be held responsible. Determinism versus fate/predestination: determinism poses naturalistic problem for free will, doesn"t require belief in the divine. Soft determinism: view that people really want to have, w. t.