PHIL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sweet Land, Nonviolence, Promissory Note
30 Nov 2020
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Thomson - a defense of abortion: l. king jr. (freedom) Metaphysical freedom freedom of the will, the capacity of a person to act freely. Causal determinism the theory that everything in the universe is entirely determined by causal laws, so that whatever happens at any given moment is the effect of some antecedent cause. Political or social freedom the unfettered exercise of personal liberty in political or social systems. From causal determinism, many argue that we do not have metaphysical freedom (that is, free will). Libertarians assert that we do have free will, that there are some actions in which the individual is the sole (or decisive ) cause. Compatibilists, or soft determinists, hold that although everything is determined, we can still be free as long as we act voluntarily. Autonomy a person"s rational capacity for self-governance or self-determination the ability to direct one"s own life and choose for oneself. In all major ethical systems, autonomy is revered.
