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Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e
Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn
Free Will and Determinism
The Mother of Invention: Freedom as Necessity

Essay Quiz



1

According to traditional compatibilism, why isn’t Locke’s trapped conversationalist (depicted in his thought experiment) performing a free action by staying in the room?
2

Does Taylor’s thought experiment about drug addiction demonstrate that traditional compatibilism is an inadequate theory of free action? Why or why not?
3

Explain the distinction that Frankfurt makes between actions caused by first-order desires and those caused by second-order volitions.
4

Explain why an action caused by a second-order volition that one decisively identifies with is not necessarily a free action.
5

How would a hierarchical compatibilist explain why animals aren’t considered to have free will?








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