Good Vs Evil -Free Will Flashcards
Which debate emphasizes:
You freely chose to, and could have chosen to do other things
OR
You ‘chose’ to but given the causal factors acting upon on throughout your life, that choice was inevitable.
Free will vs Determinism
If we reject Determinism, we end up with?
Libertarianism Free Will
-No causal laws
What 3 terms are associated with free will?
Intentional Agency
(Beliefs may guide our decisions but not control them)
Open Future
(we can make new/more choices in the future)
Ultimate Responsibility
(We take accountability for own actions, not by external forces)
If we reject Free Will, we end up with?
Hard Determinism
-No Free Will at all
Impossiblism - as an extreme
If we accept Free Will, we end up with?
Compatibilism (soft determinism)
-Free Will+ Determinism aren’t mutually exclusive
Hard determinism and Libertarianism =
Incompatibilism
What are 2 main constructs linked with
Libertarian free Will?
(the strongest argument for FW)
Agent-causal Libertarianism
-we are agents that have the capacity to make decisions freely
without causal determination
Event-causal Libertarianism
-Actions are caused, but not causally determined by prior events
only when we take action, there is indeterminism
Small differences in initial conditions can lead to huge changes in behaviour, is known as which theory?
Chaos Theory
Which approach argues we are born evil and society is needed to control people from doing evil acts?
Mr Hyde Approach Hobbes
Which approach argues we are born good and it is our interaction with society that makes us evil?
Dr Jeckll Approah
Rousseau
What does Behaviourism argue about good and evil?
Behaviourism argues
-Structures of the environment lead us to perform good or bad actions/ influence how someone behaves/ external factors
What 2 Personality theories are more likely to result in
someone becoming evil?
1- Authoritarian Personality
2- Psychotism (impulsivity) Personality