Friday, March 19, 2010

The 'Jake Clause' does not apply here! (no stripy jumper 'get-outs' available)

We desperately need to finish this module off by middle of next week, so that we can dash through the last one and still have several minutes left to revise before the exams!!!:/
So, by Tuesday you must:
  • read very carefully p. 329 - 336 in the text book and make sure you have listened to both podcasts linked below. Then you'll be able to answer to answer some excellent Q.s in the lesson on Tuesday.
  • Finish answering the 'compatibilism' Q (below in previous post) if you haven't already.
  • Answer the questions below (we started these in Friday's lesson, but if you were doing fizzicks or being a malingerer (look it up Joe) you'll still be able to do them if you read the text book (as above) v. carefully and have  bit of a think.
  1. Could a society that completely accepted the idea of (hard) determinism and physicalism, justify the use of praise, blame and responsibility? 
  2. Dysfunctional, or psychologically damaged individuals can still have free will.  Explain how a determinist a compatibilist and a libertarian might responsd to this statement.
  3. Explain and illustrate (give an example) the principle of ought implies can. 
You may have noticed that I'm trying to get you to write more (Will will tell you why :)) 

The point is the more you are able to think things through for yourself and the more you practise writing in a methodical 'philosophical' way, then the easier it gets even if you are not completely sure of the exact details of every 'ism' and philosophical concept. Once you can play the game you can 'blag it' a bit - that's what I do - had you noticed? 

Unfortunately you can't 'blag it' if you really don't know what you're doing. 

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