WorksheetsPhilosophical Perspectives on Free Will
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which philosopher is known for building his account of freedom on mind-body dualism?
René Descartes
Immanuel Kant
John Locke
David Hume
What does Descartes believe directs the will?
Instinct
Desire
Intellect
Emotions
According to Locke, what is liberty?
A property of the will itself
The absence of external compulsion
The ability to act unpredictably
The power to translate volition into action
What example does Locke use to illustrate his concept of freedom?
A prisoner in a cell
A man in a locked room
A bird in a cage
A fish in a tank
Hume's theory of causation is based on what concept?
Moral imperatives
Constant conjunctions
Divine intervention
Random chance
What does Hume believe makes moral judgment possible?
Random events
Divine will
Dependable motives
Unpredictable actions
Kant's moral law is known as what?
The Law of Nature
The Principle of Utility
The Categorical Imperative
The Golden Rule
According to Kant, what presupposes a deeper kind of freedom?
Science
Morality
Art
Politics
What does Schopenhauer believe about the freedom to will?
It is unrestricted
It is divine
It is absolute
It is an illusion
What does Sartre mean by 'bad faith'?
Moral corruption
Religious hypocrisy
Self-deception about freedom
Believing in fate
What is Dennett's view on freedom called?
Deterministic freedom
Compatibilism worth wanting
Transcendental compatibilism
Existential freedom
What does Dennett argue is necessary for responsibility?
Divine intervention
Practical capacities
Metaphysical openness
Absolute freedom
Which philosopher is associated with the concept of 'nothingness' in consciousness?
Arthur Schopenhauer
Jean-Paul Sartre
Daniel Dennett
René Descartes
What does Sartre believe about human freedom?
It is an illusion
It is determined by genetics
It is radical and absolute
It is limited by society
What is the main focus of Locke's investigation into freedom?
Metaphysical stature of the soul
Scientific determinism
Psychology of choice
Divine will
What does Hume redefine necessity as?
Random chance
Iron chains
Regularity
Divine will
What does Kant's dual standpoint involve?
Past and future
Heaven and earth
Mind and body
Phenomenal and noumenal selves
What does Schopenhauer emphasize as the path to moral improvement?
Autonomy
Compassion
Rationality
Freedom
What does Sartre believe about the implications of freedom?
It produces anguish
It leads to happiness
It is predetermined
It is irrelevant
What does Dennett believe about complex systems like humans?
They lack free will
They remain unpredictable in practice
They are controlled by fate
They are completely predictable
What is the main tension discussed in the text regarding freedom?
Cultural and historical
Scientific and religious
Metaphysical and psychological
Moral and political
What does Descartes believe about the will's nature?
It is unpredictable
It is determined by fate
It is free in its nature
It is constrained
What does Locke question about the will?
Its predictability
Its existence
Its independence from desire
Its divine origin
What does Hume believe about human volitions?
They are unpredictable
They are random
They belong to a network of regularities
They are divine
What does Kant believe about empirical events?
They are random
They are governed by deterministic laws
They are divine
They are unpredictable
What does Schopenhauer believe about our deepest character?
It is divine
It is an expression of the metaphysical Will
It is unpredictable
It is free
What does Sartre believe about every choice?
It is predetermined
It is divine
It is irrelevant
It redefines us
What does Dennett believe about the sense of open alternatives?
It is irrelevant
It is divine
It tracks a genuine causal power
It is an illusion
What does Descartes believe about the soul?
It is unpredictable
It is material
It is distinct from matter
It is divine
What does Locke's example of the locked room illustrate?
Moral imperatives
Random chance
Freedom despite physical constraints
Divine intervention
