Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    The definition of external compulsion as anything 'outsid... — Carmelics
    Home
    HistoryEditSee Inverse

    Part of a larger discussion

    Challenges→Compatibilist freedom requires that an agent's action flows from her own desires and character, not from external compulsion or necessitation by factors outside the agent.

    The definition of external compulsion as anything 'outside the agent' is vague; genetic predispositions and childhood environment also originate outside the agent yet shape desires fundamentally.

    ?Rate how convincing each reason is below to see the overall strength.

    No one has weighed in yet. Be the first to share reasons for or against this statement.

    Sign in or register to share your perspective on this statement.

    Key Terms

    Desires(Contrasted with wishes as arising from inclination rather than reason)
    Blind powers born from temperament; non-rational appetitive states.
    External compulsion(as used in philosophy of action)
    A force or pressure from outside that forces someone to act against their will, leaving them no real choice.
    Genetic predispositions(in discussions of free will and determinism)
    Traits or tendencies you're born with because of your DNA, like being naturally shy or having a quick temper.
    agent(Economics terminology applied to medical ethics)
    The party in a principal-agent relationship who is instructed to produce the good or service on the principal's behalf — in the medical context, the doctor
    determinism

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Explore a random proposition
    Start fresh with something unrelated.
    (Discussion of classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and general relativity)
    A property of physical theories concerning whether the laws governing a system fully fix future (and past) states given present conditions; admits of degrees ('fall only a bit short')

    Connections

    1 linked claim

    Compatibilist freedom requires that an agent's action flows from her own desires...

    Related

    Compatibilist freedom requires that an agent's action flows from her own desires...

    Details

    Type
    premise
    Perspectives
    0 (0 for, 0 against)

    Open for perspectives

    This idea is waiting for its first supporting or challenging perspective.

    Share the first perspective