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PHIL 200 1st Edition Lecture 17Outline of Last Lecture I: Human actionsII: IndeterminismIII: Common sense Outline of Current LectureIV: Common sense continuedV: Argument regarding common sense dilemmaCurrent LectureIV: Common Sense ContinuedTo focus on the agency point for a second:Determinism ~ same past, same futureIndeterminism ~ same past, different futureSo, a subject could be motivationally (etc.) identical in two situations, but make two different choices? That makes things sound capricious and uncontrolled.V: Argument regarding common sense dilemma Ex.) Here’s the important dilemma for us:P1. If determinism is true, then we can never do anything other than what we do (and so we never act freely)P2. If indeterminism is true, then some of our actions are just completely random (and so they’re not free) P3. Either determinism is true or indeterminism is true________________________________C1. Therefore, either way, we never act freelyThese 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.Argument is valid as it is. So we’ll have to reject a premise. Notice you CANNOT reject P3—it is true for sure. So we have three options:(A) we reject the first premise(B) we reject the second premise(C) we accept the argument, though try to show why, on independent grounds, it’s okay to accept the conclusion (i.e., show why it’s okay we’re never responsible)Option (A)So you reject the idea that determinism’s being true implies that we are never responsible for what we doThis is called ‘soft determinism ’—the view that though are actions are determined, we are still free/responsible.Option (B)?Then you reject the idea that indeterminism’s being true implies we’re not responsible for our actions.This is called ‘libertarianism’–the view that our actions have no sufficient antecedent cause, though we are still responsible for them.Option (C)?Then you owe us a story about why it’s okay that we are not responsible for what we do. Sure, sure seems like we are!If you go this way, you adopt the view called ‘hard determinism ’—the view that our actions are determined and we are not responsible for what we


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