Suppose Mary is a determinist but continues to insist that she has "free choice." What would you say in response to her?
What will be an ideal response?
If Mary is a determinist then she thinks everything that happens, even our most carefully deliberated and (apparently) freely chosen actions, is totally caused, or determined, by a set of prior conditions and influences. This implies that there is no such thing as a "free choice" because no one ever "chooses" to do anything that he or she is not determined to do anyway.
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a. the object and the subject b. the relation c. the object d. the subject e. none of these choices
Tolstoy believed that we communicate our thoughts through art
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
What was Jesus’s first public act?
a. declaring himself the messiah b. baptism by John the Baptist c. preaching to the poor d. working a miracle
The theory of justice is a general explanation about why people are treated differently
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.