Determinism

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Determinism

• Miss Barnett

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Hard Determinism

• Everything has a cause
• Supports the belief in universal causation
• All events can be predicted

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Hard Determinism

• The fact that we are free moral agents is an
  illusion
• We are just ignorant if we think that we are free
  moral agents
• There is little point punishing people for doing
  wrong as they have no choice

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Hard Determinism

• Supported by-
• Sociology
• Anthropology
• Psychology
• Supporting the idea that man acts in accordance
  of causal laws
• Humans are pieces of machinery

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Libertarianism

• Diametrically opposed to hard determinism
• Reject the theory of universal causation
• Humans can choose between right and wrong
• Humans are therefore free moral agents

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Libertarianism

• Differentiate between personality and moral self
• This allows for the existence of free moral will

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Soft Determinism

• It is possible to have universal causation and
  free will
• There is a difference between internal and
  external causes
• Actions are caused but they do not compel humans
  in a certain way