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The question

1.[2p]
What do the two demands hidden inside "free will" amount to?

The ability to do otherwise, and being the source of what you do

Correct

The absence of coercion, and the absence of physical restraint

The answer is: The ability to do otherwise, and being the source of what you do

Political liberty, and liberty of action

The answer is: The ability to do otherwise, and being the source of what you do

Conscious awareness of a choice, and confidence that it was right

The answer is: The ability to do otherwise, and being the source of what you do

2.[3p]
In Locke's case of the man locked in a room with a friend he wanted to see, what is the point?

He cannot leave, so he has no alternative, yet his staying still flows from his own desire

Correct

He is coerced, so his staying is not voluntary

The answer is: He cannot leave, so he has no alternative, yet his staying still flows from his own desire

He does not know the door is locked, so he is deceived rather than unfree

The answer is: He cannot leave, so he has no alternative, yet his staying still flows from his own desire

He wants to leave but cannot, which shows that wanting and doing come apart

The answer is: He cannot leave, so he has no alternative, yet his staying still flows from his own desire

3.[3p]
Match each position to what it claims.

Hard determinism
Libertarianism
Compatibilism
Hard incompatibilism

Determinism rules out free will, and determinism is true
Neither determinism nor indeterminism leaves room for free will
Determinism rules out free will, and we have free will, so determinism is false
Free will and determinism can both hold together

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Hard determinism: Determinism rules out free will, and determinism is true Libertarianism: Determinism rules out free will, and we have free will, so determinism is false Compatibilism: Free will and determinism can both hold together Hard incompatibilism: Neither determinism nor indeterminism leaves room for free will

4.[2p]
Incompatibilism on its own says that nobody has free will.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

5.[2p]
Which position denies that determinism would rule out free will? One word.

CorrectNot quite: compatibilism

6.[2p]
In the 2020 PhilPapers Survey, roughly what percentage of philosophers accepted or leaned towards compatibilism?

CorrectNot quite: 59

7.[3p]
Why is a driver who has a stroke at the wheel a poor test case for the two demands?

Both demands fail at once, so the case cannot show which one a judgement tracks

Correct

Strokes are too rare to base a theory on

The answer is: Both demands fail at once, so the case cannot show which one a judgement tracks

The driver is not morally responsible, which everyone already agrees about

The answer is: Both demands fail at once, so the case cannot show which one a judgement tracks

The law treats it as automatism rather than as an excuse

The answer is: Both demands fail at once, so the case cannot show which one a judgement tracks

8.[2p]
Which claims are agreed by every party to the free will dispute?

Select all that apply

Prisoners have less liberty of action than free citizens

Correct

People can usually do what they want when nothing prevents them

Correct

People are often predictable to their friends

Correct

Every decision is the product of an uncaused conscious self

The answer is: Prisoners have less liberty of action than free citizens, People can usually do what they want when nothing prevents them, People are often predictable to their friends

9.[3p]
In the argument "every event has a cause, your decision was an event, so it was caused, so it was not free", which step is the disputed one?

The last, from being caused to not being free

Correct

The first, that every event has a cause

The answer is: The last, from being caused to not being free

The second, that a decision is an event

The answer is: The last, from being caused to not being free

The third, that the decision was caused

The answer is: The last, from being caused to not being free

1.[2p] What do the two demands hidden inside "free will" amount to?

2.[3p] In Locke's case of the man locked in a room with a friend he wanted to see, what is the point?

3.[3p] Match each position to what it claims.

4.[2p] Incompatibilism on its own says that nobody has free will.

5.[2p] Which position denies that determinism would rule out free will? One word.

6.[2p] In the 2020 PhilPapers Survey, roughly what percentage of philosophers accepted or leaned towards compatibilism?

7.[3p] Why is a driver who has a stroke at the wheel a poor test case for the two demands?

8.[2p] Which claims are agreed by every party to the free will dispute?

9.[3p] In the argument "every event has a cause, your decision was an event, so it was caused, so it was not free", which step is the disputed one?

1.[2p]
What do the two demands hidden inside "free will" amount to?

2.[3p]
In Locke's case of the man locked in a room with a friend he wanted to see, what is the point?

3.[3p]
Match each position to what it claims.

4.[2p]
Incompatibilism on its own says that nobody has free will.

5.[2p]
Which position denies that determinism would rule out free will? One word.

6.[2p]
In the 2020 PhilPapers Survey, roughly what percentage of philosophers accepted or leaned towards compatibilism?

7.[3p]
Why is a driver who has a stroke at the wheel a poor test case for the two demands?

8.[2p]
Which claims are agreed by every party to the free will dispute?

9.[3p]
In the argument "every event has a cause, your decision was an event, so it was caused, so it was not free", which step is the disputed one?