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6. why are soft determinists criticized by hard determinists?

  • because hard determinism is the only approach to free will
  • because they do not see their side of the argument
  • for not realising the degree of human freedom that exists
  • for being cristians

7. what is predestenation?

  • a religious exert from the bible
  • a christian view held by some protestants that god has already decided who will and wont be saved
  • a christian view saying that god does not decide our actions
  • the voice of god

8. Aquinas: 'man chooses not of necesity but freely'. What approach does aquinas support here?

  • cybertarianism
  • hard determinism
  • libertarianism
  • soft determinism

9. what does john honderich say about hard determinism?

  • that we are all hard determinists at heart
  • that all our choices,decisions & actions are not effects of other events
  • that all our choices,decisions & actions are no more than effects of other events
  • it is the eternal decree of god by which god determined what he wished to make of every man

10. which approach to determinism states that humans believe that they have self-determination or freedom to act by liberty?

  • libertarianism
  • cybertarianism
  • hard determinism
  • soft determinism

11. 'Actions are either determined or not. If it is an accident then it is merely chance that I did not choose it to happen' who says this? and what approach is it?

  • Aquinas & Libertarianism
  • Ayer & Libertarianism
  • Ayer & Hard Determinism
  • John Calvin & Hard Determinism

12. What does soft determinism mean?

  • we are free & morally responsible for our actions
  • we are completely free
  • some acts are determined but we have some moral responsibility for our actions
  • we are not free & cannot be held morally responsible for our actions