Compatibilism Vs Indeterminism

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1. The difference between compatibilism and indeterminism is that compatibilism is “the thesis that both determinism and free action can be true” (602). This means that they believe that every event is because of another event and that each person is able to make their own actions and decisions. Indeterminism is “the thesis that at least some events in the universe are not determined, are not caused by antecedent conditions and may not be predictable” (608). Indeterminism is different from Compatibilism because indeterminism believes that every event is independent of another events and cannot be predicted from other events that have taken place unlike compatibilism.
3. Hard determinism is a problem for moral judgment because hard determinism says that a person is not held responsible for their actions and therefore does not allow free will. Our moral judgement is our decision between right and wrong but with hard determinism you aren’t held responsible for your wrong actions. This is causing a problem for moral judgement because we aren’t responsible for our wrong actions because our decisions cannot cause our action. Also is saying that “human freedom and determinism is not compatible” to one another. The textbook says that hard determinists believe that “we can only barely be said to be ‘acting’ at …show more content…

The problem of mind/body dualism is because the mind and body are “two separate substances” (334). This affects the issue of free will because the mind has the ability to think and have a conscious but does not have the ability to move or make actions. According to Descartes, the mind has senses as of thirst and hunger but the body has senses of pain whereas the mind cannot feel pain. Having the mind and body separate means that even if the mind thinks one thing the body has the ability to do another. If these two were together as one substance then they would correspond together. The mind and body may be two separate substances but cannot exist on their

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