we are not free & cannot be held morally responsible for our actions
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What does soft determinism mean?
some acts are determined but we have some moral responsibility for our actions
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What does libertarianism mean?
we are free & morally responsible for our actions
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what is predestenation?
a christian view held by some protestants that god has already decided who will and wont be saved
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what does john honderich say about hard determinism?
that all our choices,decisions & actions are no more than effects of other events
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what does john calvin say about hard determinism?
it is the eternal decree of god by which god determined what he wished to make of every man
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why are soft determinists criticized by hard determinists?
for not realising the degree of human freedom that exists
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which approach to determinism states that determinism doesnt rule our free will and that the 2 are compatible?
soft determinism
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which approach to determinism states that humans believe that they have self-determination or freedom to act by liberty?
libertarianism
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Aquinas: 'man chooses not of necesity but freely'. What approach does aquinas support here?
libertarianism
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'Actions are either determined or not. If it is an accident then it is merely chance that I did not choose it to happen' who says this? and what approach is it?
Ayer & Libertarianism
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Card 2
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What does soft determinism mean?
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some acts are determined but we have some moral responsibility for our actions
Card 3
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What does libertarianism mean?
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Card 4
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what is predestenation?
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Card 5
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what does john honderich say about hard determinism?
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