Exam 6: Freedom

Why did God give free will to people if He knew that people would use it to sin, according to St. Augustine?

African Yoruba philosophy is founded on a variant of __________.

Compare and contrast hard determinism, soft determinism, and indeterminism. Explain why indeterminism is just as problematic as hard determinism. From which two traditions of physics do these views arise?

__________ determinists believe that we are "matter in motion," physical bodies that are subject to all of the laws of nature.

Soft determinism is also known as __________.

The _____________ claimed that only God is free and that all human actions are determined by God.

How are fatalism, hard determinism, and predestination different? Common street lingo may use these terms synonymously; however, there are important distinctions for the philosopher. What are they?

Predestination depends on particular antecedent conditions.

The ancient Greek tragedies depend on _____________, the view that whatever a person's actions and circumstances, however free that person may seem, his or her predetermined end is inevitable.

The view of many theologians that our every action is known by God is called __________.