FREE WILL

VS.
DETERMINISM
WEEK 12
YOU SHOULD BE
ABLE TO:
Define the meaning of determinism in
contrast to the belief of freedom

Identify the existentialist view of

human freedom
WHAT IS FREE
WILL?
 FREE WILL
- “IT IS THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
DIFFERENT POSSIBLE COURSES OF ACTION
UNIMPEDED.” FREE WILL IS CLOSELY LINKED
TO THE CONCEPTS OF MORAL
“RESPONSIBILITY, PRAISE, GUILT, SIN, AND
OTHER JUDGMENTS WHICH APPLY ONLY TO
ACTIONS THAT ARE FREELY CHOSEN. IT IS
ALSO CONNECTED WITH THE CONCEPTS OF
ADVICE, PERSUASION, DELIBERATION, AND
PROHIBITION.”
DETERMINISM
DETERMINISM
It is “the philosophical view
that all events are determined
completely by previously
existing causes. Deterministic
theories throughout the history
of philosophy have sprung
from diverse and sometimes
overlapping motives and
considerations.”
 SAMPLE OF FACTORS
RELATING TO DETERMINISM

1. DNA, involuntary impulses, and Hormones

2. Environment
3. People
CONCEPTS OF
DETERMINISM
 CAUSAL
DETERMINISM
 CAUSAL
DETERMINISM

is "the idea that every

event is necessitated Meaning, in every
by antecedent events cause, there is an
and conditions expectation of equal
together with the laws and opposite reaction.
of nature."
FATALISM
 FATALISM
is the idea that everything is
fated/destined to happen so
that humans have no control
over their future. Although it
may be synonymous with
theological determinism
where God can foresee the
future, for it is destined with
His power. Example of which
is the fate of Satan, Judas, and
“son of perdition”.
THEOLOGICAL
DETERMINISM
THEOLOGICAL
DETERMINISM
is a form of determinism that holds
that all events that happen are
preordained or predestined to
happen by a monotheistic deity or
destined to occur given its
omniscience. An excellent example
of this is the destiny of St. Paul,
Prophet Jeremiah, St. John the
Baptist, and Lord Jesus.
 LOGICAL
DETERMINISM
OR
DETERMINATENESS
LOGICAL DETERMINISM OR
DETERMINATENESS
is the notion that all propositions, whether
about the past, present, or future, are either
true or false. It uses the immediate predict the
possible happen, and you can be sure of its
certainty because it was already happening in
the past. In other words, you already
determine or anticipate the possibility of the
end.
 ADEQUATE
DETERMINISM
ADEQUATE
DETERMINISM

is a statistical determinism
where the statistics are
near to certainty for large
macroscopic objects.
 THE MANY-
WORLDS
INTERPRETATION
THE MANY-WORLDS
INTERPRETATION
“accepts the linear causal sets of
sequential events with adequate
consistency yet also suggests
constant forking of causal chains
creating "multiple universes" to
account for multiple outcomes
from single events.”
 THE
EXISTENTIALISTS
VIEW OF HUMAN
FREEDOM
HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE EXISTENTIALISTS
VIEW OF HUMAN FREEDOM

1. Man is free because

2. Freedom is a
God gives him that
gift that God
freedom - freedom
of choice.
endowed to men.

3. Freedom as 4. There is no absolute

such is good, but freedom since
sometimes it freedom is God’s gift
to man in men’s
becomes terrible.
humanity.
HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE EXISTENTIALISTS
VIEW OF HUMAN FREEDOM

5. Freedom should always be 6. Freedom that enables

attuned to the nature of man man to determine according
because it is only being to his own choices is the
human where we can truly freedom that is proper to
exercise our freedom. man.

7. Freedom should be
8. Man has the freedom to
personalized since it
do anything he wants to do,
cannot be divorced from
but he is not free from the
its impending
consequences of his actions.
responsibilities.
9. There are three kinds of
Freedom: Freedom from
physical constraints. This
is manifested by beasts, 10. There is no
infants, mentally retarded; freedom apart from
Freedom as one pleases the law, for laws are
(exercised by ruffians, meant to regulate
anarchists, and immature
man’s exercise of
individuals); the Authentic
freedom.
freedom (an attunement
with what is divinely
required)
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