7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice

General Philosophy by Oxford University

Dec 1, 201018:44Education

Part 7.1. Explores the problem of free will and the ideas of moral responsibility, determinism and choice; the need for a concept of freedom to allow free choice, the problems associated with this and asking whether we r...

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