FREEDOM and DETERMINISM PROBLEM
1. Reading Comprehension- from the readings-online and printed texts
A. Describe the theories and describe them in some detail. Please indicate your familiarity with the readings in your answer. Explain each one. Do not simply list them. Describe them and explain them. This will take more than one sentence for each one.
DETERMINISM
LIBERTARIANISM
COMPATIBILISM
2. Critical Thinking
Label your parts with the letters a to e to make very clear that you have done each part.
Dialectical thinking
a. Take a position on this question or issue Do Humans have free will, if so, how free is it? Are all human actions determined, if so how so? to what degree? Please indicate your familiarity with the readings in your answer. Which of these three theories do you think is most accurate in describing the human condition and why do you think so? Please indicate your familiarity with the readings in your answer -this means use some quotations to support your answers.
b. Provide the reasons why you think this position is better defended by reason and evidence than are the alternative positions
c. State the reasons why you found the other positions flawed or less defensible than the one you are defending
d. State the criticisms of your position
e. Respond to the criticisms- rebuttal- how do you defend your position in light of those criticisms
CAUTION: Read the textbook first. This is not about freedom from consequences.
This is NOT about FATE or DESTINY or agents of any kind that have predetermined all events , which do not exist.
