SLM 225 Exam 1 – Study Guide, Revision Notes, and Practice Questions for Exam
Preparation
What is free will - correct answer ✔✔Making your own decision without being coerced
100% Freedom
What is hard determinism or fatalism - correct answer ✔✔Your fate is predetermined and you
have no control over it
No freedom
What is soft determinism - correct answer ✔✔-your actions, choices and thoughts are the
product of the events that can result
-Choose within whats possible with you
- Don't get all the credit, don't get all the blame
- MIDDLE GROUND
What is illusionism - correct answer ✔✔Tell people there is freewill and they will behave better
between free will and soft determinism
What is the big point of Kolbert and Cave's article on Freewill - correct answer ✔✔-people's
choices are limited in the first place and many of us have different possiblities
- When we're ethically evaluating people we need to see their capabilities
- Thinking ethically you have knowledge that was a product of circumstances
- We don't get all the credit for our accomplishments and when we do something bad we don't
get all the blame for the failures either
What is coercion - correct answer ✔✔- together restrain
Preparation
What is free will - correct answer ✔✔Making your own decision without being coerced
100% Freedom
What is hard determinism or fatalism - correct answer ✔✔Your fate is predetermined and you
have no control over it
No freedom
What is soft determinism - correct answer ✔✔-your actions, choices and thoughts are the
product of the events that can result
-Choose within whats possible with you
- Don't get all the credit, don't get all the blame
- MIDDLE GROUND
What is illusionism - correct answer ✔✔Tell people there is freewill and they will behave better
between free will and soft determinism
What is the big point of Kolbert and Cave's article on Freewill - correct answer ✔✔-people's
choices are limited in the first place and many of us have different possiblities
- When we're ethically evaluating people we need to see their capabilities
- Thinking ethically you have knowledge that was a product of circumstances
- We don't get all the credit for our accomplishments and when we do something bad we don't
get all the blame for the failures either
What is coercion - correct answer ✔✔- together restrain
