more on this theme | more from this thinker
Full Idea
The free will problem is that humans seem to be responsible, but this seems to conflict with the idea that every event is caused by some other event, and it also conflicts with the view that the action is not caused at all.
Gist of Idea
Responsibility seems to conflict with events being either caused or not caused
Source
Roderick Chisholm (Human Freedom and the Self [1964], p.24)
Book Ref
'Free Will', ed/tr. Watson,Gary [OUP 1982], p.24
| 9268 | If free will miraculously interrupts causation, animals might do that; why would we want to do it? [Frankfurt on Chisholm] |
| 3442 | Responsibility seems to conflict with events being either caused or not caused [Chisholm] |
| 3443 | Desires may rule us, but are we responsible for our desires? [Chisholm] |
| 3444 | If actions are not caused by other events, and are not causeless, they must be caused by the person [Chisholm] |
| 3445 | Causation among objects relates either events or states [Chisholm] |
| 3446 | For Hobbes (but not for Kant) a person's actions can be deduced from their desires and beliefs [Chisholm] |