Phil 1101 1st Edition Lecture 22Outline of Last Lecture I. CompatibilismII. Finding the Ordinary ConceptIII. ProblemsIV. Ayer’s attempt at a fixOutline of Current Lecture I. Control and DesireII. Frankfurt on DesireIII. Objections to FrankfurtCurrent LectureI. Control and Desirea. But stace and Ayer’s view only seems to push the problem back: Do we really control our desires?b. The Deep Self Viewi. You have free will when you are in control of your desiresII. Frankfurt on Desirea. 1st order desires: desires to perform some action or actions i. E.g. I want a cigarette. I don’t want to study.b. 2nd order desires: desires to have some desires rather than othersi. E.g. I want to not want to smoke. I want to want to study.c. 2nd order desires reflect the sort of person you want to be: Your DEEP SELFd. So you have free will when your decision to do something is the result of your deep self, or your effective 2nd order desirese. Slogan: your will is free when you have the will you want to havei. Your actions are free when they are the result of a free willIII. Objections to FrankfurtThese 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.a. Doesn’t it imply that true free will requires n-levels of desires?b. Wolf: how can it handle people brought up to care about (desire to desire) certain
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