Question 1

Fatalism is the view that whatever a person's actions and circumstances, his or her predetermined end is inevitable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

According to the Yoruba philosophy, what determines a person's fate?

Accepted Answer

A)  One's self (free will of the soul) 
B)  God 
C)  Ori 
D)  Karma

Question 3

Which of the following is assumed when we hold people accountable for their actions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Free will 
B)  Karma 
C)  Universal law 
D)  Nihilism

Question 4

Explain the concept of predestination. Which is the Islamic conception of predestination? Contrast this view to the Western religious view.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain the concept of predestination. Which is...

Question 5

Many philosophers have argued for _____________, the view that human freedom and determinism are compatible positions.

Accepted Answer

A)  determinism 
B)  hard determinism 
C)  soft determinism 
D)  incompatibilism

Question 6

Quantum theory asserts the indeterminacy of __________ particles.

Accepted Answer

A)  macroscopic 
B)  electromagnetic 
C)  subatomic 
D)  gravitational

Question 7

The contemporary American philosopher __________ argued that freedom meant that we are free to choose what we shall do and that our decisions are effective.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The contemporary American philosopher __________ argued that...

Question 8

The __________ claimed that human freedom is consistent with God's power by distinguishing between two types of action, or causality.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The __________ claimed that human freedom is...

Question 9

Some feminists understand sexual objectification as the primary process of the subjection of women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In the ancient Greek tragedy, Oedipus the King, Oedipus and Iocasta behave in a way that exemplified the concept of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  karma 
B)  fate 
C)  determinism 
D)  compatibilism

Question 11

Daniel Dennett, argues that determinism is dismissed, in part, because of popular images that associate it with particular "bogeyman" images that he thinks are absurd.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Is it possible to have free will but not freedom?

Accepted Answer

A)  No, there's always a way to do what you will. So, as long as you have a free will, you have freedom. 
B)  No, it's not possible to have either. Both are illusions. 
C)  Yes, you could be constrained and unable to exercise your free will. 
D)  Yes, you are always free in your mind, even though there is no freedom in the physical, deterministic universe.

Question 13

Discuss Dennett's insight that whenever philosophers or laypeople worry about whether we have free will, they mount illicit arguments (straw man fallacies) that some rival agent is involved. They then show how ludicrous it would be to assume that a rival agent is vying for control of our bodies and minds, thereby taking away our free will (or preventing us from having it in the first place). However, without these "bogymen," as Dennett put it, to anchor the philosophical discussions, the idea of a natural lack of free will would not be so strange. Why did Dennett think agency confound the discussion?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss Dennett's insight that whenever philosophers or...

Question 14

Aristotle's view of __________ means factors unknown to the agent influences his or her choices.

Accepted Answer

A)  society 
B)  determinism 
C)  ignorance 
D)  karma

Question 15

Kierkegaard argued that one is responsible for whatever one was and that self-conscious choice and commitment were the factors that made a person most human.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Many scientists now agree that the concept of "cause" does not apply to certain subatomic particles, making the hard determinist view false.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Hard determinism depends on particular antecedent conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

_____________ is the view that our every action (and every event in the universe) is known, if not also caused in advance, by God.

Accepted Answer

A)  Predestination 
B)  Free will 
C)  Fatalism 
D)  Chaos

Question 19

Hume defended a soft determinist position.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Would you rather be a gear in a big deterministic machine or some random swerving probabilistic atomic particle in an indeterministic system? If every action (including yours) in the universe is determined, then you don't have freedom. If every action (including yours) in the universe is random, then you don't have freedom. If every action (including yours) is a percentage of each, then you don't have freedom. Is there another alternative that can save your freedom?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Would you rather be a gear in...

Exam 6: Freedom

Fatalism is the view that whatever a person's actions and circumstances, his or her predetermined end is inevitable.

According to the Yoruba philosophy, what determines a person's fate?

Which of the following is assumed when we hold people accountable for their actions?

Explain the concept of predestination. Which is the Islamic conception of predestination? Contrast this view to the Western religious view.

Many philosophers have argued for _____________, the view that human freedom and determinism are compatible positions.

Quantum theory asserts the indeterminacy of __________ particles.

The contemporary American philosopher __________ argued that freedom meant that we are free to choose what we shall do and that our decisions are effective.

The __________ claimed that human freedom is consistent with God's power by distinguishing between two types of action, or causality.

Some feminists understand sexual objectification as the primary process of the subjection of women.

In the ancient Greek tragedy, Oedipus the King, Oedipus and Iocasta behave in a way that exemplified the concept of __________.

Daniel Dennett, argues that determinism is dismissed, in part, because of popular images that associate it with particular "bogeyman" images that he thinks are absurd.

Is it possible to have free will but not freedom?

Aristotle's view of __________ means factors unknown to the agent influences his or her choices.

Kierkegaard argued that one is responsible for whatever one was and that self-conscious choice and commitment were the factors that made a person most human.

Many scientists now agree that the concept of "cause" does not apply to certain subatomic particles, making the hard determinist view false.

Hard determinism depends on particular antecedent conditions.

_____________ is the view that our every action (and every event in the universe) is known, if not also caused in advance, by God.

Hume defended a soft determinist position.