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"Human Freedom and the Self" Self-Quiz
Roderick M. Chisholm
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Which of the following best describes the deterministic view of human action?
The act, or some event that is essential to the act, is not caused at all
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Acts are caused by beliefs and desires
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We can predict what people will do if we know what their beliefs and desires are
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Every event that is involved in an act is caused by some other event
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Chisholm holds that if an act was in someones power not to perform, then . . .
It could have been caused or determined by an event not within that persons power.
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It could not have been caused or determined by any event not within that persons power.
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God cannot be the prime mover.
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None of the above.
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What problem arises if God is understood to be the prime mover?
No one is responsible for their actions
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Then no action is determined
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Then God cannot be responsible
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None of the above
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If we accept the indeterministic view of action, according to Chisholm, what problem arises?
God cannot be the prime mover
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No one nothing is responsible for any actions
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Everyone is responsible for their actions
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None of the above
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What does Chisholm mean by immanent cause?
An event or state of affairs causes another event or state of affairs
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An agent, as distinguished from an event, causes an event
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Gods role in causing all events as the prime-mover
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A belief or desire causing an action
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According to Chisholm, the problem of human freedom arises because humans are responsible agents, but this fact conflicts with both determinism and indeterminism.
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For Chisholm, there is a significant difference between a belief or desire causing an action and another person causing someones action.
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Chisholm endorses using the term free will, rather than talking about people causing actions.
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