Summary of Thomas Pink's Free Will

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The free will problem is the question of whether we have control over how we act, and what this control involves. We typically do not use these words freedom and will when talking about our control over our actions, but for the last 2,000 years or more, Western philosophers have used these words to discuss this problem.
#2 The term freedom has two different meanings: political liberty and action control. While enjoying political liberty is one thing, having control over how you act is another. Action control is not related to any relation to the state, while political liberty is.
#3 The term will has been used by philosophers in a variety of ways. It has been used to describe a vital psychological capacity that all normal adult humans possess: the ability to make decisions. Freedom of action may even depend on a freedom of decision-making. But since the 17th century, philosophers have argued that there is no such thing as a freedom of decision-making.
#4 Our freedom is a freedom of action, and it is not directly up to us what we want or feel. We can, however, influence what we want or feel through our actions. Our control over our actions extends to give us some control over the actions’ consequences.

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Éthique et morale
• Ethique et morale
• Moral Philosophy
• Philosophie et théologie
• Philosophy
• Ethics

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 05 juin 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822526747
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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#1

The free will problem is the question of whether we have control over how we act, and what this control involves. We typically do not use these words freedom and will when talking about our control over our actions, but for the last 2,000 years or more, Western philosophers have used these words to discuss this problem.

#2

The term freedom has two different meanings: political liberty and action control. While enjoying political liberty is one thing, having control over how you act is another. Action control is not related to any relation to the state, while political liberty is.

#3

The term will has been used by philosophers in a variety of ways. It has been used to describe a vital psychological capacity that all normal adult humans possess: the ability to make decisions. Freedom of action may even depend on a freedom of decision-making. But since the 17th century, philosophers have argued that there is no such thing as a freedom of decision-making.

#4

Our freedom is a freedom of action, and it is not directly up to us what we want or feel. We can, however, influence what we want or feel through our actions. Our control over our actions extends to give us some control over the actions’ consequences.

#5

If we try to separate action and control of it from the will, we will end up believing that no one can ever possess freedom of action because the very idea of it is contradiction and muddle.

#6

The place of freedom in morality is that it is essential to blame, the holding someone responsible for committing a wrong. It is only through action that we can be held accountable for what we do, and not for what happens to us independently of our own doing.

#7

The common-sense view is that we are morally responsible for our actions, and not for our feelings and desires. But many philosophers disagree with this view, and believe that freedom matters in morality.

#8

The 18th-century Scottish philosopher David Hume argued that morality is not about being responsible for what we do. We do not have a special moral responsibility for our actions, as we do not for our characteristics that are not our doing. Morality is more about desire and emotion than it is about actions themselves.