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Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e
Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn
Free Will and Determinism
Control Yourself: Freedom as Self-Determination

Essay Quiz



1

Why is it the case that if we deliberate, we must assume that some of our actions are free?
2

How do libertarians explain their view that even if one’s choices are undetermined by previous events, the choices can still be explicable.
3

Explain the difference between Frankfurt’s notion of what constitutes a free action and the libertarian view of what makes an action free.
4

Suppose your dog could have second-order volitions. Would this mean that he could perform free actions? Why or why not?
5

Explain Thomas Reid’s view of what is required for an action to be free.








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