Part I: Fill-in-the-blank. You should know the definitions of the following words:
- Determinism
- Fatalism
- Predestination
- The Free Will Problem
- Hard Determinism
- Soft Determinism
- Libertarianism
- Indeterminism
- Existentialism
- Anguish
- Forlornness
- Despair
- Karma
Part II: Short Answer. You should be able to explain the following concepts and ideas: - Taylor's account of the four presuppositions of deliberation.
- Taylor's account of the two components of our experience of freedom.
- The three components of Taylor's account of Soft Determinism.
- Taylor's criticism of Soft Determinism.
- Taylor's criticism of Indeterminism.
- Which components of deliberation are violated by Soft Determinism and Indeterminism.
- Taylor's account of the metaphysical presuppositions of agency.
- Blatchford's definition of Free Will.
- Blatchford's argument against Free Will.
- The conclusions Blatchford draws from his account of free will.
- Sartre's conception of existentialism and the differences between "existence comes before essence" and "essence comes before existence."
- Sartre account of my responsibilities to others.
- Sartre's accounts of anguish, forlornness, and despair.
- Radhakrishnan's conception of Karma.
- The problem of Karma and Free Will.
- Radhakrishnan's solution to this problem.
- The ethical conclusions Radhakrishnan draws from this.
Part III: Short Essay. You should be prepared to write a short essay comparing the views of two philosophers we studied this unit to the film A Clockwork Orange.
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