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2. what causes are moral agents determined by according to hard determinism?

  • determined by both internal and external causes.
  • determined by internal causes but free of any external causes

3. how did Ayer explain his idea?

  • if the person was told to walk across the room and they did so, anyone observing would concluded that the person was being forced (hard determinism). if a person was walking across a room through their own will, anyone observing would concluded that they
  • if the person was told to walk across the room and they did so, anyone observing would concluded that the person was being forced (soft determinism). if a person was walking across a room through their own will, anyone observing would concluded that they had been caused (hard determinism)

4. what did the word caused mean to Ayer

  • it is used in soft determinism. it means that the moral agent was lead to do something.
  • it is used in soft determinism. it means that the moral agent was forced to do something.

5. what did the word forced mean to Ayer?

  • it is used in explaining hard determinism. it means that the moral agent was made to do something
  • it is used in explaining hard determinism. it means that the moral agent was lead to do something

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