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1. Many who reject the notion of free will think that punishing people for
crimes makes no sense. They think instead of punishing criminals, we
should - Correct Answer: try to modify their behavior
2. For the soft determinist, to say that you could have done otherwise is to say
that you would have done otherwise if - Correct Answer: your desires
had been different
3. According to d'Holbach, all the mental and moral attributes that people
think are evidence for an immaterial soul are in fact - Correct Answer:
purely physical and natural
4. If our actions are not free in any important sense, it is difficult to see how
we could be - Correct Answer: held morally responsible for what we do
5. Libertarians contend that real freedom is not just the power to act if we will
to act, but - Correct Answer: power over the will itself
,6. The doctrine that every event is determined or necessitated by preceding
events and the laws of nature is known as - Correct Answer:
determininism
7. Rowe says that the problem with Lockean freedom is that, with this kind of
freedom, - Correct Answer: you have no power over your will
8. According to James, indeterminism allows that the world has - Correct
Answer: ambiguous possibilities
9. According to Sartre, there is at least one being in whom existence precedes
essence, and this being is - Correct Answer: man
10.The view that some actions are free because they are ultimately caused, or
controlled, by the person is called - Correct Answer: libertarianism
11.The challenge of reconciling determinism with our intuitions or ideas about
personal freedom is known as - Correct Answer: the problem of free will
12.Sartre says that man is condemned to be free. - Correct Answer: True
13.James that determinism professes that those parts of the universe already
laid down absolutely decree what the other parts shall be. - Correct
Answer: True
, 14.D'Holbach says that man's life is a course that nature compels him to take
without deviation. - Correct Answer: True
15.According to Sartre, the first principle of existentialism is that - Correct
Answer: Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself
16.William James is a fatalist. - Correct Answer: false
17.The view that what will be will be, and no human actions can change it, is
known as - Correct Answer: fatalism
18.According to Stace, free acts must be - Correct Answer: those whose
immediate causes are psychological states in the agent
19.Rowe says that Lockean freedom exists solely at the level of action. -
Correct Answer: True
20.According to Taylor, hard determinism conflicts with - Correct Answer:
necessary natural laws
21.Descartes says that, for all he knows, he may be - Correct Answer:
dreaming
22.Descartes argues against trusting the senses on the grounds that -
Correct Answer: they sometimes deceive him
Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027 Includes
Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED
100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!!
Current Update!!
1. Many who reject the notion of free will think that punishing people for
crimes makes no sense. They think instead of punishing criminals, we
should - Correct Answer: try to modify their behavior
2. For the soft determinist, to say that you could have done otherwise is to say
that you would have done otherwise if - Correct Answer: your desires
had been different
3. According to d'Holbach, all the mental and moral attributes that people
think are evidence for an immaterial soul are in fact - Correct Answer:
purely physical and natural
4. If our actions are not free in any important sense, it is difficult to see how
we could be - Correct Answer: held morally responsible for what we do
5. Libertarians contend that real freedom is not just the power to act if we will
to act, but - Correct Answer: power over the will itself
,6. The doctrine that every event is determined or necessitated by preceding
events and the laws of nature is known as - Correct Answer:
determininism
7. Rowe says that the problem with Lockean freedom is that, with this kind of
freedom, - Correct Answer: you have no power over your will
8. According to James, indeterminism allows that the world has - Correct
Answer: ambiguous possibilities
9. According to Sartre, there is at least one being in whom existence precedes
essence, and this being is - Correct Answer: man
10.The view that some actions are free because they are ultimately caused, or
controlled, by the person is called - Correct Answer: libertarianism
11.The challenge of reconciling determinism with our intuitions or ideas about
personal freedom is known as - Correct Answer: the problem of free will
12.Sartre says that man is condemned to be free. - Correct Answer: True
13.James that determinism professes that those parts of the universe already
laid down absolutely decree what the other parts shall be. - Correct
Answer: True
, 14.D'Holbach says that man's life is a course that nature compels him to take
without deviation. - Correct Answer: True
15.According to Sartre, the first principle of existentialism is that - Correct
Answer: Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself
16.William James is a fatalist. - Correct Answer: false
17.The view that what will be will be, and no human actions can change it, is
known as - Correct Answer: fatalism
18.According to Stace, free acts must be - Correct Answer: those whose
immediate causes are psychological states in the agent
19.Rowe says that Lockean freedom exists solely at the level of action. -
Correct Answer: True
20.According to Taylor, hard determinism conflicts with - Correct Answer:
necessary natural laws
21.Descartes says that, for all he knows, he may be - Correct Answer:
dreaming
22.Descartes argues against trusting the senses on the grounds that -
Correct Answer: they sometimes deceive him
