PHIL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, Thesis Statement
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Freedom of action and universal determinism are not compatible with one. We discussed : universal determinism : every material event has a prior sufficient material condition. Not the same concept as freedom of the will) (121) (123) freedom of action: another (this is . X freely performs action a if and only if x performs. In other words, i did (x) but i could have done otherwise--but this is because i could have done otherwise in different circumstances. Notice: hume"s compatibilism differs from libertarianism in that you could have chosen to do otherwise . Different circumstances. this bit keeps it compatible with determinism--things are still determined, but, if the way things were determined were different, you would have chosen otherwise. Persons: necessary condition for being a person is exercsising and/or using your freedom of will to sculpt your life. Having the inability or lack of interest in using your freedom of will to sculpt your life.
