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Compatibilism

Compatibilism

1.[3p]

What is Hume's positive argument that responsibility requires necessity?

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The answer is: Blame makes sense only if the action flows from the agent's character, which needs a causal connection
The answer is: Blame makes sense only if the action flows from the agent's character, which needs a causal connection
The answer is: Blame makes sense only if the action flows from the agent's character, which needs a causal connection

2.[2p]

What is the conditional analysis of "could have done otherwise"?

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The answer is: He would have done otherwise if he had chosen to
The answer is: He would have done otherwise if he had chosen to
The answer is: He would have done otherwise if he had chosen to

3.[3p]

Why does the phobia case refute the conditional analysis?

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The answer is: The conditional is true while the man plainly cannot act, because the choosing itself is blocked
The answer is: The conditional is true while the man plainly cannot act, because the choosing itself is blocked
The answer is: The conditional is true while the man plainly cannot act, because the choosing itself is blocked

4.[3p]

Match each of Frankfurt's agents to their structure of desire.

  • The unwilling addict

  • The willing addict

  • The wanton

  • moved by a desire he endorses

  • moved by a desire he wants not to be moved by

  • has cravings and no view about which should move him

Show the answer

The unwilling addict: moved by a desire he wants not to be moved by The willing addict: moved by a desire he endorses The wanton: has cravings and no view about which should move him

5.[3p]

What do Fischer and Ravizza concede, and what do they defend?

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The answer is: They concede that determinism removes the ability to do otherwise, and defend responsibility through guidance control
The answer is: They concede that determinism removes the ability to do otherwise, and defend responsibility through guidance control
The answer is: They concede that determinism removes the ability to do otherwise, and defend responsibility through guidance control

6.[3p]

Which features make a mechanism moderately reasons-responsive?

Select all that apply

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The answer is: Across a range of situations, the agent would recognise reasons to act otherwise, In at least one such situation, the agent would act on a sufficient reason, The mechanism is held fixed while the reasons are varied

7.[2p]

A kleptomaniac who steals while the store detective watches has a reasons-responsive mechanism.

The answer is: False
Correct

8.[2p]

What did Kant call compatibilist freedom? Two words, ending in "subterfuge".

CorrectNot quite: wretched subterfuge

9.[3p]

What is the deflationary compatibilist answer to the charge of redefinition?

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The answer is: Our actual excusing practices track constraint and compulsion, not causal history
The answer is: Our actual excusing practices track constraint and compulsion, not causal history
The answer is: Our actual excusing practices track constraint and compulsion, not causal history