Philosophy / Unit 4 Philosophy 0152 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Hard Determinism
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The idea
Hard determinism accepts both claims: determinism is true, and it is incompatible with free will—therefore free will is an illusion.
In practice
On this view, praise and blame need rethinking the way we rethought lightning: caused, not chosen.
Where people slip
Hard determinists still deliberate—the position says choices are caused, not that deliberating is pointless.
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