Sunday, 27 April 2025

Philosophy -Free Will Lesson






Reading pages 84-89

Respond to the following questions related to the following paragraph.

Page 86, paragraph 4 –. ‘The sum total of a person’s experiences, desires and knowledge, his hereditary constitution, the social circumstances and the nature of the choice facing him, together with other factors we may not know about, all combine to make a particular action in the circumstances inevitable.’

·         How might ‘hereditary constitution and social circumstances’ impact the nature of this particular choice (peach or chocolate cake)?

·       What might be the ‘other factors we may not know about it’ that influence this decision?

·       Discuss the use of the term inevitable – what is your understanding of this term, are any situations not inevitable?

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