tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post366042862563274463..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Two kinds of choicesAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-85165256461489604562010-07-29T17:19:07.425-05:002010-07-29T17:19:07.425-05:00Because, I think, the compatibilist has to have so...Because, I think, the compatibilist has to have some condition for freedom like: "the motives that led to the action were developed in the right way". Mele is an example of someone who tried hard to spell out the "in the right way" condition here.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-75380636377988729642010-07-29T17:08:00.007-05:002010-07-29T17:08:00.007-05:00I think the question was why are intrinsically fre...I think the question was why are intrinsically free choices not allowed to the compatibilist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-60124184047086090582010-07-29T09:56:17.575-05:002010-07-29T09:56:17.575-05:00Because they should not allow that a choice determ...Because they should not allow that a choice determined by antecedent conditions that are the result of immediate brainwashing is free. But any choice type that is determined by antecedent conditions is a choice whose intrinsic nature does not rule out the possibility that the antecedent conditions came from brainwashing.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-31337978292188885822010-07-29T09:12:59.401-05:002010-07-29T09:12:59.401-05:00Can you provide your motivation for:
"Compat...Can you provide your motivation for:<br /><br />"Compatibilists are committed, I think, to the claim that it is possible for all of one's free choices to be merely extrinsically free."<br /><br />Why are they committed to this?Latenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028986769458356612noreply@blogger.com