Ethics module: soft determinism quiz
- Created by: Esther 789
- Created on: 05-03-22 12:56
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2. what was Hobbes's analogy to explain soft determinism?
- whilst a river has no choice but to flow down a channel, it has some freedom over where in the channel it flows.
- the man in the room. unknown to him, the room is locked, he thinks that by his own free will, he decides to stay in the room when in fact he did not have a choice in the first place.
3. 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
4. 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)
5. what is an external cause?
- a cause outside of the moral agent that forces them to do something.
- a cause which influenced by a moral agent's childhood and their intution
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