Influences on free will and Determinism: Social conditioning
- Created by: Emily Uffindell
- Created on: 20-09-14 11:54
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- Social Conditioning
- This approach believes that people think and act in line with their social conditioning rather than through genetic determined factors or a real freedom of choice.
- Therefore, human actions must have a "distinct social cause."
- Sowell
- Social conditioning: ""The idea that the human self is infinitely plastic, allowing humanity to be changed and ultimately perfect."
- Our social learning and placement is what determines our actions and we can do nothing else except follow the sociologically determined path.
- This approach believes that people think and act in line with their social conditioning rather than through genetic determined factors or a real freedom of choice.
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