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Free Will & Moral Responsibility - Coggle Diagram
Free Will & Moral Responsibility
Determinism
Problem of Scientific Determinism
Problem of Psychological Determinism
Problem of Theological Determinism
Incompatibilist Determinism
Reward & Punishment
Libertarianism
We should punish and reward people as we have full agency over our actions
Types of punishment
Retribution
Restorative punishment
Reformative punishment
Moral/social education
Treatment for illness/behavioural disorders
Deterrence
Protection of society
Compatibilism
Reward and punishment should focus on reformation of character as we are morally responsible if our choices come from character
Determinism
Skinner: we should reward and punish people to condition their behaviour, despite not having moral responsibility over our actions
Compatibilism
Implications for Free Will: According to Hume, we do have free will
Libertarianism
Conditions for Libertarian Free Will
One must not be compelled
One must have access to various options
One could have chosen differently
Implications for Free Will: We do have free will
Sartre's Existential Libertarianism
Descartes' argument for free will: substance dualism
Kant's argument for free will: Free Will is a Necessary Postulate of Morality