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11 Cards in this Set
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Stace I. 1. Why can there be no morality without free will?
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If 'it' has to happen, there is no point in morality
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Stace I. 2. What point does Stace make with his hypothetical example of a dispute about whether human beings exist?
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It depends on how you define something
-You could say human beings are five-legged creatures -According to Stace, the definition of free will is wrong |
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Stace II. 1. What is the incorrect definition of free acts that has led philosophers to conclude that determinism is inconsistent with free will?
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Incorrect def: Free acts have no cause
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Stace II. 2. What is the proper criterion for determining whether a definition is correct?
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common usage- how the word is used by most people, and what the ordinary person thinks it means
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Stace II. 3. What feature is present in Stace’s examples of acts that are called free, but absent from his examples of acts that are called unfree?
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Desire, motives, or internal psychological states of mind
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Stace II. 4. What is Stace’s definition of a free act? of an unfree act?
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Free- from internal causes/psychological states of the agent
Unfree- causes external from the agent |
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Stace II. 5. Why is free will compatible with determinism?
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-Free will is from an internal cause
-Determinism has a cause, and had to happen COMPATIBILISM- Free will + determinism |
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Stace III. 1. What is Stace’s answer to the objection that some actions do not fit neatly into his “free” and “unfree” categories?
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Borderline cases still have a distinction based upon the definition of free acts
E.g. Giving a wallet to someone with a gun to your head...no force was used, so the act was compulsory (free) |
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Stace III. 2. What is Stace’s answer to the objection that free will is incompatible with predictability?
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A prediction does not influence an internal cause
-Just because you predicted a person to vote Republican doesn't mean it influenced them to |
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Stace IV. 1. What are the two legitimate justifications for administering punishment? How is determinism compatible with each one?
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a. correcting character- assuming it will correct behavior (assuming a cause and effect)
b. deterring others- scaring other by capital punishment will have the effect of scaring others from committing the crime (cause and effect again) |
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Stace IV. 2. Why would moral responsibility disappear without determinism?
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Free will requires an internal cause, and without moral responsibility, actions would be uncaused/unpredictable
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