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Free Will/Determinism Retrieval

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does Sartre view the relationship between freedom and responsibility?

a)

Freedom comes with responsibility

b)

Freedom is separate from responsibility

c)

Freedom eliminates responsibility

d)

Freedom is a burden without responsibility

2.

What is the Protestant Church view on Free Will?

a)

God will judge humanity on how they have used their freedom

b)

God has granted humans free will and therefore God is not responsible for the moral evil in the world.

c)

Reject free will and believe in predestination

3.

Define 'Free Will'

a)

All events, including moral choices, are completely determined by previously existing causes

b)
  • We are able to have some choice in how we act, we are self determined.

c)

Behaviour is constrained by the environment or biological make up, but only to a certain extent.

4.

Define 'Determinism'

a)

All events, including moral choices, are completely determined by previously existing causes

b)

All of our choices in life are made freely

5.

The idea that free will and determinism cannot coexist is known as what?

a)

Compatibilism

b)

Incompatibilism

c)

Libertarianism

6.

The view that determinism and free will are compatible is known as what?

a)

Hard Determinism

b)

Soft Determinism

7.

Someone who believes that "all of our choices in life are made freely and not determined by past events" is known as a...

a)
libertarian
b)
determinist
c)
nihilist
d)
fatalist
8.

The Catholic Church and the Protestant Church hold the same views on free will.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What do many hard determinist thinkers believe about free will?

a)

Free will is an illusion

b)
Hard determinists advocate for complete free will.
c)
Many hard determinists believe free will is a fundamental right.
10.

What does 'Diminished Responsibility' refer to?

a)
A legal term for self-defense in violent crimes.
b)
A legal defense that reduces culpability due to mental impairment.
c)
A type of mental illness that requires hospitalization.
d)
A psychological evaluation used in civil cases.