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Ian Craib's avatar

Soft determinism is the belief that moral responsibility is possible even if all choices are fully determined. My view is that this claim is incoherent. The fact that some causal factors are psychological is irrelevant. The point is that we cannot choose differently than we do.

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An's avatar

Free will is very much like being in a boat on a rough sea,you have a choice to navigate your boat but are subject to the demands of the sea,very much like life

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Ian Craib's avatar

Thank you for your response, An. Following your analogy, I would say the navigational choices are determined by your nature and nurture. No need for the metaphysical concept of free will.

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An's avatar

I suppose so but your still confined by the experience of life (nurture) amd your predisposition to it (nature) which again is very much soft determinism on a psychological perspective

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Ian Craib's avatar

See my comment above that was meant to be a response to you.

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