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FREEDOM (Compatibilism (Patricia Churchland (As human beings/animals, we…
FREEDOM
Compatibilism
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Patricia Churchland
As human beings/animals, we always have to hold someone accountable for actions
However, we have to consider how in control people are when considering their actions. Can someone control a sneeze?
However, if you sneeze on someone, you can control that
Her question: "Asking 'am I free' is the wrong question. (Asking) How much control do I have?" is the right one.
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Compatibalists: They "believe, somewhat like hard determinists, that the universe operates with law-like order, and that the past determines the future"
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Frankfurt cases
Principle of Alternate Possibilities: You are morally responsible for your actions, no matter if your in control or not.
If there was a situation where you have two choices, but you can only choose one, you are not free
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Extistentialism
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Not the world's lack of meaning, but its terrifying abundance of freedom
Came on its own during and after World War II, horrors of the holocaust led many people to abandon any belief