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WorksheetsCompatibilism
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the difference between someone being pushed off a diving board and someone jumping off a diving board according to compatibilism?
The cause of the action is the same, but the result is different
The cause of the action is different, but the result is the same
There is no difference, both actions are self-determined
There is no difference, both actions are externally determined
In the scenario of abductees with devices in their brains, what determines moral responsibility?
The presence of brain tumors
The activation of the device
The political party they vote for
The intention of the abductee
What is the Principle of Alternate Possibilities challenged by?
Harry Frankfurt
External factors
Brain Tumors
Mental Illnesses
What are Frankfurt Cases?
Scenarios involving actions that are self-determined
Scenarios involving abductees with devices in their brains
Scenarios involving internal factors like brain tumors or mental illnesses
Scenarios involving actions that are externally determined
What is the argument for moral responsibility in compatibilism?
Actions that are externally determined are morally responsible
Actions that are intentional are morally responsible
Actions that are self-determined are morally responsible
Actions that are random are morally responsible
What is the challenge to the Principle of Alternate Possibilities by Harry Frankfurt?
The principle that actions must have alternate possibilities to be morally responsible
The principle that actions are always self-determined
The principle that actions are always random
The principle that actions are always externally determined
What is the difference between actions that are externally determined and actions that are self-determined?
There is no difference between externally determined and self-determined actions
Externally determined actions are caused by others, while self-determined actions are caused by oneself
Externally determined actions are random, while self-determined actions are intentional
Externally determined actions are always morally responsible, while self-determined actions are not
What is the view of compatibilism on the meaningfulness of moral responsibility in the context of determinism?
Moral responsibility is only meaningful for externally determined actions
Moral responsibility is not meaningful in the context of determinism
Moral responsibility is only meaningful for self-determined actions
Moral responsibility is meaningful in the context of determinism
What is the belief of compatibilism?
The past determines the future
Some human actions are free
The universe operates with law-like order
All of the above
What is the concept of compatibilism based on?
Moral responsibility
External determination
Soft determinism
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