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Hard determinists believe that |
| | A) | there are no free actions. |
| | B) | many of our actions are free. |
| | C) | very few of our actions are free. |
| | D) | all of our actions are free. |
| | E) | causes play no role in human actions. |
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Quantum Mechanics holds that the behavior of _______ are uncaused events. |
| | A) | subatomic particles |
| | B) | genes |
| | C) | igneous rocks |
| | D) | Martian soil |
| | E) | extinct species |
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The view held by Hobbes that the world is composed entirely of matter in motion is called ____. |
| | A) | materialism |
| | B) | fatalism |
| | C) | pluralism |
| | D) | unitarianism |
| | E) | catastrophism |
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Hierarchial compatibilism explains why |
| | A) | drug addicts and people suffering from obsessive-compulsive do not act freely |
| | B) | animals do not have free will |
| | C) | people sometimes do not feel in control over their lives |
| | D) | all of these |
| | E) | none of these |
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Libertarians, like Robert Nozick, avoid the problem of an infinite regress of choices by ________. |
| | A) | positing self-subsuming principles |
| | B) | claiming that acts are the product of chance |
| | C) | arguing that our choices are grounded in environment and heredity |
| | D) | showing that we really do not make choices because we are not in control of our lives |
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Taylor's Drug Addiction thought experiment is intended to show that |
| | A) | the conditions specified by traditional compatibilism are not sufficient for acting freely. |
| | B) | even drug addicts act freely. |
| | C) | the conditions specified by traditional compatibilism are sufficient for acting freely. |
| | D) | your actions are free if they are externally unconstrained and are caused by your will. |
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Frankfurt's Decision Inducer thought experiment is intended to show that |
| | A) | you cannot be held responsible for an action if you couldn't have failed to perform it. |
| | B) | no one can be held responsible for an action. |
| | C) | you can be held responsible for an action as long as your choice is made consciously. |
| | D) | you can be held responsible for an action even if you couldn't have failed to perform it. |
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Frankfurt's Unwilling and Wanton Addicts thought experiment is intended to show that |
| | A) | if you do not formulate second-order volitions, or if you do not act on the ones you do form, your actions are not free. |
| | B) | some actions are not free. |
| | C) | drug addicts can never form second-order volitions. |
| | D) | if you formulate second-order volitions, or if you act on the ones you do form, your actions are not free. |
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Frankfurt's Happy Addict thought experiment is intended to show that |
| | A) | as long as you act on your first-order volitions, you are responsible for your actions, whether or not you could do otherwise. |
| | B) | you are responsible for your actions only if you could do otherwise. |
| | C) | as long as you act on your second-order volitions, you are responsible for your actions, whether or not you could do otherwise. |
| | D) | you are always responsible for your actions. |
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Slote's Hypnotized Patient thought experiment is intended to show that |
| | A) | some actions are not free. |
| | B) | there must be more to acting freely than acting on second-order volitions with which you decisively identify. |
| | C) | to act freely is to act on second-order volitions with which you decisively identify. |
| | D) | it's not possible to decisively identify with one's second-order volitions. |
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