3/18/22, 12:08 AM Extra Credit Essay
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Extra Credit Essay
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Free Will Extra Credit Essay
Defend a two-page (double-spaced) thesis on the following topic:
Is free will/moral responsibility compatible or incompatible with determinism?
Your essay will be graded based on its:
Accuracy (does it recreate the positions/author(s) view accurately?)
Clarity (is the writing clear/easy to understand?)
Depth of analysis (does it engage with the relevant text(s)/idea(s)?)
Quality of Defense (how well is the thesis defended?)
Extra credit will be capped at 3 points, or 3% of your overall grade (i.e., a 1/3 of a letter grade).
All essays are due by Friday 3/18 at midnight. No exceptions.
No works cited page necessary, but you should use in text citations (e.g., Frankfurt, 210).
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3/18/22, 12:08 AM Extra Credit Essay
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Example 1: My Walk to Work
This morning I dropped my kids off at their daycare. I then turned down Harvard Ave and proceeded to walk toward SU. I soon arrived at Pine Street. I could keep going straight or go left. The light was red so I turned left (1). When I got to Broadway I could immediately turn right or cross the street and then turned. The light was green so I crossed the street and turned (2). I got to Madison and the light was red. There was little traffic. I briefly considered crossing illegally, but I wasn’t in a hurry so I waited for the light to change (3). I crossed the street to campus and went to my office.
Did I exercise free will?
Example 1: My Walk to Work
This morning I dropped my kids off at their daycare. I then turned down Harvard Ave and proceeded to walk toward SU. I soon arrived at Pine Street. I could keep going straight or go left. The light was red so I turned left (1). When I got to Broadway I could immediately turn right or cross the street and then turned. The light was green so I crossed the street and turned (2). I got to Madison and the light was red. There was little traffic. I briefly considered crossing illegally, but I wasn’t in a hurry so I waited for the light to change (3). I crossed the street to campus and went to my office.
Did I exercise free will?
Example 2: Divine Foreknowledge
Suppose that God exists, God created the known universe, and God is omniscient. Along with everything else, this would entail that God knew I would take this exact path to school today. And God can’t be wrong.
Did I have a genuine choice in the path I took? Did I exercise free will?
No, it seems not. My deliberation was an illusion, because it was predicated on my having a choice, but since God knows the future and God can’t be wrong, it seems I could have only chosen one path—the path I chose.
Example 3: Locke’s Locked Room
Imagine I have just woken up in my room after a nap. I consider getting up and going downstairs, but I voluntarily choose to stay in bed and scroll Reddit on my phone instead. Unbeknownst to me my kids locked the door, and I could not have left the room had I chosen to do so.
Do I have free will?
Two possible answers:
No, I could not have left the room if that is what I decided to do. I did not have the “ability to do otherwise” regarding this choice.
Yes, I voluntarily choose to stay. I was able to determine my will according to my desires. If I had chosen to read the book on my nightstand instead, I could have done that as well. I was free to determine my will even if I was not free to leave the room.
Example 4: A Murderer’s Threat
Imagined you witnessed a murder and the murderer threatens to kill your whole family if you snitch.
Do you have a genuine choice about telling the truth? And are you morally responsible for your choice?
Response 1. You are an unreasonable person (say zealously moral). You are so committed to truth and justice
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