Philosophy / Unit 4 Philosophy 0151 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Consequence Argument
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The idea
The consequence argument: we control neither the distant past nor the laws of nature; if our acts follow from both, our acts are not up to us.
In practice
Your choice today traces to conditions before your birth. You never voted on those conditions—or on physics.
Where people slip
This is incompatibilism's engine, not proof of determinism—it argues the if, leaving the if open.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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