3b Hard Determinism

What is the belief that people do not have free will to act in moral situations and that all moral actions have uncontrollable prior causes?

• Soft determinism

• Hard determinism

• Libertarianism

• Compatibilism

Which philosopher is associated with the idea that "free will is just an illusion"?

• Immanuel Kant

• John Locke

• David Hume

• Jean-Paul Sartre

What is the theory that everything in the universe, including all human actions and choices, has a cause?

• Theory of relativity

• Theory of universal causation

• Theory of evolution

• Theory of moral relativism

What does scientific determinism base its theory on?

• Universal Causation

• Moral Relativism

• Quantum Mechanics

• Ethical Subjectivism

What is the term used by Dennett to describe the idea that moral agents are determined by their genes?

• Genetic Fixity

• Puppet Determinism

• Biological Determinism

• Psychological Determinism

Which of the following is NOT listed as an influencing factor on human behavior according to psychological determinism?

• Hereditary

• Society

• Culture

• Technology

What is the result of a conditioned reflex according to Pavlov's experiments?

• Innate reflex

• Genetic mutation

• Learned behavior

• Psychological disorder

What happens if the bell rings repeatedly and no food appears in Pavlov's experiment?

• The dog salivates more

• The dog stops salivating

• The dog becomes aggressive

• The dog starts barking

What is the theory that the reaction to an object or event by a person can be determined by stimuli?

Who believed that conditioned reflexes could explain the behavior of psychotic people?

• B.F. Skinner

• Ivan Pavlov

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Jung