Determinism quotes 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? EthicsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Chloe DochertyCreated on: 05-06-13 11:00 The ability to make choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention Free Will 1 of 14 For everything that happens, there are condition such that, given those conditions, nothing else could happen Determinism 2 of 14 Argues that every event has a cause or many causes, therefore the idea of free will is impossible Hard determinism 3 of 14 Argues that although we may be determined by some factors eg.Genes/ Environment, we can still function as free moral agents Soft determinism 4 of 14 John Calvin's idea that our destination is chosen for us by God - either eternal life or eternal damnation Predestination 5 of 14 The environment is full of factors which exercise control over human beings (determinism) Skinner 6 of 14 Man is condemned to free will, because one he steps into the universe, he is fully responsible Satre 7 of 14 Praise and blame are confined to voluntary actions Plato 8 of 14 You can only be responsible for the actions you take of your own free will Kant 9 of 14 Everything is determined Einstein 10 of 14 All our actions, intentions and decisions are effects of other equally necessitated events Ted Honderich 11 of 14 Man chooses not out of necessity, but freely (Free will) Aquinas 12 of 14 When God steps back and allows us to make our own decisions, despite the fact he knows what these decisions are Epistemic distance 13 of 14 Everything is planned, connected, limited (determinism) Voltaire 14 of 14
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