Ethics and Values / Unit 1 Ethics 029 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Compatibilism
Captions available
The idea
Compatibilism holds that determinism and moral responsibility can both be true: acting freely is acting from your own motives, uncompelled.
In practice
A hiring call made without pressure stays the manager's own act — even if a complete history of her brain would have predicted it.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it · Sources for Ethics and Values