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2. 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)

3. 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.

4. 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

5. what is soft determinism according to Thomas Hobbes?

  • the idea that all human choices were determined by causation
  • the idea that all human choices are determined
  • humans do not have choice

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