Free Will vs Determinism

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What is free will?

Idea that humans can make their own choices and behaviour is not determined by external or biological forces

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What is determinism?

Behaviour is shaped or controlled by internal or external forces beyond control rather than will or choice.

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What are the levels of determinism?

Hard and soft

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What are the types of determinism?

  • Biological

  • Environmental

  • Psychic

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What does science say about determinism?

Every event has a cause and causes can be explained with general laws.

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Limitation of Free will

  • Research evidence against free will - Libet’s brain scans support determinism and found unconscious activity before conscious decision to move hand

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Limitation of Determinism

  • Legal system does not take into account determinism - no real world application

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Strength of free will

  • Real world application - thinking we have free will can improve mental state - Roberts found that fatalists and those with an ELOC were more vulnerable to depression

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