Key Termiology

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Created on: 06-01-17 16:08

Define Atonomous/Autonomy/Free Will

Self-rule or self-government. The term is made up of 'autos' meaning 'self' and 'nomos' menaing 'rule'. Many philosophers such as Kant, hold that you can only be responsible for actions that you undertake of your own will.

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Define Determinism

The belief that choices are influenced by factors other than the will of the individual. (In other words, events/ actions are predetermined by other events, therefore freedom of choice is an illusion.

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Define Hard Determinism

The belief that people do not have free will to act in moral situations and that all moral actions have uncontrollable prior causes. Humans therefore cannot be morally blameworthy for their actions because their actions are determined.

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Define Soft Determinism

The belief that some actions are determined but we still have moral resposibility.

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Define Libertarianism

The belief that humans are free to make moral choices and are therefore morally responsible.

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Define Liberty

Freedom

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Define Moral responsibility

Our blameworthiness or praiseworthiness for actions.

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Define Predestination

The belief that God has decided who will and will not enter heaven.

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The belief that some actions are determined but we still have moral resposibility.

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The belief that humans are free to make moral choices and are therefore morally responsible.

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