PHIL 200 1st Edition Lecture 16Outline of Last Lecture I: “tit for tat”II: Ultimatum/ Dictator GameIII: Free Will and Moral ResponsibilityOutline of Current LectureIV: Human actionsV: IndeterminismVI: Common SenseCurrent LectureIV: Human ActionsSO why would anyone think that human actions are determined?How predictable are you about:- giving up on new years resolutions- what you eat- how you deal with germs-whether I’m going to get distracted in classV: IndeterminismIndeterminism: the logical opposite of determinism. The view that at least some events are not totally determined-Typically, human actions and choices are viewed as examples of such events that are not determinedThis is to say:It wasn’t predictable, or inevitable. NO ONE could have predicted it.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Are there any actions you have don’t that seem to be in determined?-whether you come to class-which dessert you pick (no one can predict what one you want today)-what clothes you wear VI: Common Sensewhat does common sense say about determinism?i. (for determinism)seems to back up determinism. We expect planted seeds to grow. We expect lots of alcohol to mean drunkenness. We expect our phones to work when we hit various buttonsii. (against determinism) Its hard for us to shake the idea that, even though we really like the cosmic brownie, we could have picked the oatmeal crème pies or zebra cakes instead. That’s because we weren’t determined to pick any of them. It wasn’t that there are laws from which I could have predicted which you choose. Common sense tells us that people are responsible for what they do, at least most of the time. But it doesn’t seem like responsibility is compatible with
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