Free Will and Moral Responsibility (AQA A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Therapeutic punishment
Therapeutic punishment
Treatment helping/healing offender vs. retribution
Hard Determinism's impact on concept of sin
Hard Determinism's impact on concept of sin
Sin becomes meaningless - no blame for determined actions
Skinner's view on punishment effectiveness
Skinner's view on punishment effectiveness
Ineffective - people return to original behaviour after
Libertarian view on accountability for actions
Libertarian view on accountability for actions
People must be held responsible for their free choices
Kant's 'ought implies can' principle
Kant's 'ought implies can' principle
Moral obligation (ought) implies freedom (can) to fulfil it
Kant's retribution principle for criminals
Kant's retribution principle for criminals
Undeserved evil you bring on another brought upon yourself
Compatibilism: when is an action free?
Compatibilism: when is an action free?
When agent could have done otherwise
Hume: when are people blameworthy?
Hume: when are people blameworthy?
Only where choices come from their character
Just deserts theory
Just deserts theory
Punishment should be proportionate to crime's seriousness
Kant's term for compatibilism
Kant's term for compatibilism
Miserable subterfuge