Social determinism

COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT: MAKING THE BELIEF IN GOD RATIONAL TOPIC: Of the arguments for the existence of God (the cosmological [first cause] argument and the teleological [design] argument found in Hume, and the ontological argument of Anselm), which is the best in your view? What is the structure of the argument? What is a potential objection to the argument? Is there an adequate response to that objection? Is the argument sufficient to make belief in God rational? Why or why not? When…

Hard determinism states determinism is incompatible with freedom. If given the opportunity to rewind time and make a different choice, humans could not choose differently, because choice does not exist. Utilizing physics, Sider states determinists could study the patterns…

philosophy. I choose to take the position of the hard determinist. I will analyze this position, what it means, and why I have decided to stand with it. Then I will show a common refutation against the hard determinist that says how this type of determinism entails a lack of moral responsibility which is absurd. The critique also says that metaphysical freedom is real and we do, indeed, have moral responsibility. Metaphysical freedom is the power of an individual to choose between genuine…

Chapter nine in Problems from Philosophy by James Rachels and Stuart Rachels titled “The Debate Over Free Will” is about the three arguments over free will. They are Determinism, Libertarianism, and Compatibilism. The Determinism argument is, as Rachels states, that our actions are manipulated by forces we cannot control. The second argument Rachels presents is Libertarianism which states that some actions we freely choose and that we are also not made to do so. The last argument is…

process works; is it free will, is it fate or is it both that influence an individual’s actions? One of these perspectives would be the ideas that surround compatibilism. This interpretation attempts to show that “Freedom of action and Universal Determinism are compatible” (Green 130). This idea supports the belief that free will plays a role in the deterministic universe that we reside in. In simpler terms, compatibilism encourages the fact that neither free will or fate poses a threat to one…

decisions and are people capable of making bad decisions and most important of all is there anything. according to John Henry decision making is not the cause of poverty (Henry). Henry argues that poverty is something that should be looked at in a social aspect rather than a personal issue. John henry states; one must examine the nature of the economic system that lies at the root of such issue.”…

debate concerning free will and determinism. In doing so, I will present, explain, and critically evaluate compatibilism. I will then consider, but ultimately reject, the following two objections against compatibilism: the hard determinists’ beliefs that we have no free will due to causal determinism and the libertarians’ belief that we are not causally determined. Compatibilism is the belief that causal determinism and free will are both true. Causal determinism is the idea that “all events are…

Determinism is the philosophical position that suggests for every event there exist conditions that could cause no other event. Free will is a philosophical term for a particular sort of capacity of rational agents to choose a course of action from among various alternatives. Understandably, the dichotomy between these two concepts is a topic philosophers have debated over for many years. In this essay, I will argue how, despite the appeal of believing in free will and its compatible…

There seems to be an incompatibility between our belief in human autonomy and the principle of causality. Free will is the philosophical doctrine that denies determinism is true, that some of our choices are uncaused. Free will is the result of the absence of conditions, causes, and other necessary determinants of behaviour or choice. Neither mental nor physical events are determined by past events. Thomas Hobbes offered his account of freedom by suggesting that external impediments are not…

Connor Rogers PHIL 101L 141 Mill Essay Mill’s definition of freedom is the absence of coercion. Coercion is getting someone to change their behaviors with force, threats, bribery, and deceit. So according to his definition if you are to change one's behavior using any of these you are taking away their freedom. One form of coercion is governmental and this is by making certain actions illegal. A couple examples of governmental coercion are gun control, smoking bans, helmets/seat belts etc. The…