Free
Determinism
Indeterminism
Soft Determinism
We are not free, external forces determine life path, not morally responsible
everything happen out of neccessity and nothing is free
Sub-Types
Religious Determinism
Scientific Determinism
Biological/Genetic Determinism
nature/genes determines everything
corresponds with Darwin
God creates and determines everything
natural laws of universal causation determine everything
corresponds with Newton
we are free, responsible and control
chance and spontaniety play a role
century, age, place has little influence on individual, what matters is how we live, the experiences we create
Does it lack on logic or evidence?
Are people 100% responsible?
If an act is "uncaused" can we say he is responsible?
Socio-Historical Determinism
Socio-Economic Determinism
Psychological Determinism
everything is determined by culture along its teleological path toward a perfect state
corresponds with Hegels
everything is determined by one's economic and social class
Freud argues that the unconscious inner drives and motivation determine vs. B.F. Skinner who argued that environmental and social conditioning determines us
corresponds with Marx's
there is no morality only the illusion of it, outside forces are the only ones that defines us
Is this all an oversimplification? Aren't human beings more complicated than this?
We are free at the same time we are not
is re-defined so that casual determinism can be "compatible" with freedom to a certain extent
Hobbes believes freedom is "absence of physical restraints" we are not always restricted by external forces
some things are determined genes, but we can have some freedom and responsiblity