11 ideas
8978 | Events are made of other things, and are not fundamental to ontology [Bennett] |
3444 | If actions are not caused by other events, and are not causeless, they must be caused by the person [Chisholm] |
3446 | For Hobbes (but not for Kant) a person's actions can be deduced from their desires and beliefs [Chisholm] |
9268 | If free will miraculously interrupts causation, animals might do that; why would we want to do it? [Frankfurt on Chisholm] |
22371 | Determinism threatens free will if actions can be causally traced to external factors [Foot] |
22372 | Not all actions need motives, but it is irrational to perform troublesome actions with no motive [Foot] |
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] |
22373 | People can act out of vanity without being vain, or even vain about this kind of thing [Foot] |
3445 | Causation among objects relates either events or states [Chisholm] |
10364 | Facts are about the world, not in it, so they can't cause anything [Bennett] |