Phil 101- Final UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The claim that determinism is incompatible with the kind of free will necessary for moral
responsibility is called... - CORRECT ANSWER - incompatibilism
Determinism is the claim that... - CORRECT ANSWER - all events are the necessary
result of previous causes.
Which of the following is the type of freedom we have when our actions are not limited by
external forces or obstacles which restrict or compel our actions... - CORRECT
ANSWER - circumstantial freedom
Concerning the behavior of the criminal, the hard determinist would say... - CORRECT
ANSWER - all of the above
Hard Determinism is the dual claim that... - CORRECT ANSWER - (1) free will is
necessary for moral responsibility, and (2) we lack free will.
True or False: The determinist believes that your actions would in principle be perfectly
predictable if only we knew all the causes acting upon you. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
True or False:
The hard determinist and the libertarian both agree that if our choices are
inevitable/predetermined, then there is no moral responsibility. - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
True or False: The hard determinist and the libertarian both agree that if our choices are
inevitable, then there is no moral responsibility. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
, Which of the following is a criticism the libertarian would make of determinism? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Determinism is self-defeating, because determined beliefs can't be justified.
According to agency theory, the two kinds of causes are... - CORRECT ANSWER - event-
causation and agent-causation
According to Sartre 'Bad Faith' is.... - CORRECT ANSWER - when we deny our freedom
and our responsibility for who we are.
True or False: The compatibilist claims that we are not 100% determined in our behavior. -
CORRECT ANSWER - False
The libertarian and the compatibilist both believe that... - CORRECT ANSWER - we have
moral responsibility
By definition, the compatibilist believes that [blank] and [blank] are compatible. - CORRECT
ANSWER - determinism / free will
The compatibilist claims that a free action is an action which... - CORRECT ANSWER -
has, as its immediate causes, psychological states in the agent.
The free will defense to the problem of evil claims that... - CORRECT ANSWER - God
could not create free agents without the possibility of moral evil.
True or False: The problem of evil can in part be resolved if it can be shown that the existence of
evil and the existence of God are logically compatible. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
True or False: The problem of evil has been used to argue for the nonexistence of God. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The claim that determinism is incompatible with the kind of free will necessary for moral
responsibility is called... - CORRECT ANSWER - incompatibilism
Determinism is the claim that... - CORRECT ANSWER - all events are the necessary
result of previous causes.
Which of the following is the type of freedom we have when our actions are not limited by
external forces or obstacles which restrict or compel our actions... - CORRECT
ANSWER - circumstantial freedom
Concerning the behavior of the criminal, the hard determinist would say... - CORRECT
ANSWER - all of the above
Hard Determinism is the dual claim that... - CORRECT ANSWER - (1) free will is
necessary for moral responsibility, and (2) we lack free will.
True or False: The determinist believes that your actions would in principle be perfectly
predictable if only we knew all the causes acting upon you. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
True or False:
The hard determinist and the libertarian both agree that if our choices are
inevitable/predetermined, then there is no moral responsibility. - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
True or False: The hard determinist and the libertarian both agree that if our choices are
inevitable, then there is no moral responsibility. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
, Which of the following is a criticism the libertarian would make of determinism? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Determinism is self-defeating, because determined beliefs can't be justified.
According to agency theory, the two kinds of causes are... - CORRECT ANSWER - event-
causation and agent-causation
According to Sartre 'Bad Faith' is.... - CORRECT ANSWER - when we deny our freedom
and our responsibility for who we are.
True or False: The compatibilist claims that we are not 100% determined in our behavior. -
CORRECT ANSWER - False
The libertarian and the compatibilist both believe that... - CORRECT ANSWER - we have
moral responsibility
By definition, the compatibilist believes that [blank] and [blank] are compatible. - CORRECT
ANSWER - determinism / free will
The compatibilist claims that a free action is an action which... - CORRECT ANSWER -
has, as its immediate causes, psychological states in the agent.
The free will defense to the problem of evil claims that... - CORRECT ANSWER - God
could not create free agents without the possibility of moral evil.
True or False: The problem of evil can in part be resolved if it can be shown that the existence of
evil and the existence of God are logically compatible. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
True or False: The problem of evil has been used to argue for the nonexistence of God. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
