Extract Romans 7 – Commentary
source The Three-Way Struggle: Law, Sin, and Me: A Study of Romans 7 In his letter to the Romans, Paul has…
Read MoreStart Here: Free Will and Determinism
OCR students please note – free will has dropped off the new OCR spec but remains on some of the other…
Read MoreRoadmap: Free Will and Determinism
The structure of ideas is given here: click on a hyperlinked box to navigate through the site and identify the areas you need to understand.
Read MoreArticle: Libertarianism as Indeterminism
source The Indeterminist Argument Against Soft Determinism The libertarian definition of freedom Genuine freedom is contextual (always freedom with respect to…
Read MoreExtract 10: Daniel Dennett
source Daniel Dennett (1942-) While he himself is a confirmed compatibilist, even a determinist, in “On Giving Libertarians What They Say They…
Read MoreSummary: Locke’s Compatibilism
I. Locke’s idea of active powers 1. Active power is the power to “make a change.” Example: fire has a power…
Read MoreAdvanced Article: Locke’s Compatibilism
source Locke’s Compatibilism: Suspension of desire or Suspension of Determinism?[1] In Book II, chapter xxi of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding,…
Read MoreEssay Plan: Evaluate Hume’s compatibilism
Hume’s Compatibilism source Philosophy 322: Modern Philosophy Professor Geoff Pynn Northern Illinois University Spring 2011 1 What is compatibilism? 1. Determinism…
Read MoreSummary: Rawls’ Two Concepts of Rules
source Rawls, “Two Concepts of Rules” Act-Utilitarianism: An act is wrong if and only if it would fail to produce as…
Read MoreSummary: Singer – Is Act Utilitarianism Self-defeating?
source Singer, “Is Act-Utilitarianism Self-Defeating?” Act-Utilitarianism (AU): An act is right if an only if it would have the best consequences,…
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