W. T. Steace Case Study

First, Stace presents is that if there is no free will then there is no morality. If a person is not free to choose what they will do then there is not a point in instructing them on what is right and what is wrong. So, if a person does not have control of their actions, how are they to be held morally accountable? Second, Stace presents that the dispute of free will is merely a semantic

I can most relate with Stace’s views on freewill. I feel that the freewill argument is more about definition and the word’s true meaning. I also agree with his statement of, “if there is no free will there can be no morality.” Stace believes that is doing what we want to do and not being constrained from doing so. Morality is a good argument of why we do what we do. Then there is the idea that we have choices and choices are made by the individual and not by outside influences.

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Mr. Wooten is a 33 year old male who presented to the ED following a visit to his primary care provider. Prior to Mr. Wooten coming to the ED his provider contacted TACT with concerns of Mr. Wooten mentioning suicidal ideation with a plan to use a gun to shoot himself and experiencing depression. At the time of the assessment Mr. Wooten denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. He states having no suicidal ideation today, however mentioned to his provider a previous thought of harming himself. It should be noted Mr. Wooten was seen on 4/22/17 here at Randolph Hospital for reporting similar statement, however retracted his statement after reports a hidden agenda of only seeking anti-depressant medication to alleviate

Whether we have free will is widely controversial. The absence of a universal definition poses a primary problem to this question. In this essay, I shall base my argument on a set of three conditions for free will: 1) that the actor is unconstraint in his action, 2) the actor could have acted otherwise and 3) the actor must be ‘ultimately responsible’ (Kane, 2005: 121) for his action. After I have explained them, I shall apply these conditions to three scenarios that cover most, if not any, circumstances that occur when taking choices. The purpose of this essay is to show that if my conditions are true, none of the scenarios is based on free will and thus we do not have free will.

Marcus Wesson fifty seven years old lived in a small blue house in Fresno, California. In his house it was hell because he would have sexual intercourse with his own daughters and nieces. When he was about twenty seven years old he had met a girl who was only fourteen years old. This is where it all started Marcus Wesson and this thirthteen year old girl had two babies together, but she already had plenty more a total of ten children. Not only this but he married his own daughters with own ceremonies in his house. Some of his daughters and nieces were very young up to one to seven years of age. Marcus Wesson also had boys which were from his daughters and nieces he impregnated. Marcus Wesson first married his daughter who was twenty five years old and had sexual intercourse with her. Later on he married all of his daughters and nieces. Marcus Wesson would play with the girls private parts, he would touch them in certain areas, and he would also fully have sexual intercourse with them, and called this fatherly love. Marcus Wesson would brainwash his children that he was God, he also made his own Bible and would read it to them. Every time the children misbehaved or didn 't do what he asked them to do he would hit them with a stick. The children were very young from one to seven years old and they were trained to believe whatever Marcus Wesson had told them. Every child depends on their parents so all of these things Marcus Wesson taught them they were taught

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Many times I find myself sitting and wondering whether I am fully free or not. I wake up every single morning and do the same routine, which is eat breakfast, go to class or work, do homework, go to the gym, shower, and then go to bed. Does this truly mean I am free? There are a lot of questions that you can ask yourself while following a routine. Is this really the path I should have taken? Were my choices determined by external factors? Determinism is the thesis that an any instant there is only one physically possible future. Robert Blatchford and Walter Terence Stace, two philosophers, both agree that determinism is true, although they have two different views on whether this means that people are free or not. Blatchford believes that everything is predestined. Stace on the other hand, believes that a person chooses what they do because of free will. In this essay I am going to discuss both of the philosophers’ views more in depth and why I favor Stace’s view over Blatchford’s.

Instead, it is the capacity to begin something new "which did not exist before, which was not given, not even as an object of cognition or imagination, and which, therefore, strictly speaking, could not be known" (Arendt, "What is Freedom," 151). According to Arendt, freedom is dictated by neither the will nor the judgment of intellect. Instead, it is inspired by a principle inherently manifested in the course of actions. Therefore, freedom is not a state of condition, but action. As Arend writes, "men are free..as long as they act" (Arendt, "What is Freedom," 153), and acting publicly is politics. The concept of freedom is also identical to a virtuosity that is the excellence in the performing arts. Many use art as a metaphor in politics like Bismark's well-known phrase: "Politics is the art of the possible." As performing art needs the audience to be shown, freedom as a virtuous action requires public space to be performed. The freedom has to be actualized in a public domain, which is

Now, the first compatibilist I am going to discuss, W.T. Stace, believed that while many of our actions are free, our decisions are not uncaused. Stace holds that we are generally in control of our decisions, unless forced to do something, and are consequently in charge of our chain of actions. To put a term to this, when a person’s actions stem from their desires the act is free and this is called freedom of action. An example to help differentiate between free and

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1. From William Styron’s story and the New York Times article by Benedict Carey, therapy -- specifically psychotherapy -- is most effective to patients who are suffering with depression. For Styron, therapy saved his intoxicated suicidal life as he attended sessions (Art therapy) at the hospital; talking to professionals about his past and suicidal actions made him become himself again.

The two ideas differ in that x can be formally free to do y but may

An individual with “Free Will” is capable of making vital decisions and choices in life with own free consent. The individual chooses these decisions without any outside influence from a set of “alternative possibilities.” The idea of “free will” imposes a certain kind of power on an individual to make decisions of which he or she is morally responsible. This implies that “free will” would include a range of aspects such as originality, moral value, and self-governance. However, in life, individuals may not be free in making decisions. The aspect of freedom could entail remarkably a high status action and achievement in an individual’s life whose attainment could be close to impossibility. Often, people make

Freedom of the will is the choice between first order desires which creates a will. It is not limited by freedom of action, it is rather a question of whether it is a will we