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Hospers insists that human behavior results from: a) the laws of physics alone.

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Question

Hospers insists that human behavior results from: a) the laws of physics alone. c) the interaction of heredity and environment. James and Stace agree that: a) free acts are caused. 6. b) past positive reinforcement. none of these. 7. b) free acts are not caused. c) no one ever acts freely. d) people sometimes act freely. James says that a person acted freely if: a) his desire caused his action. 8. b) his action was caused by a desire consistent with his 2nd order desire. c) his action was caused. he chose between genuine future possibilities. James and Campbell agree that free acts: a) do not exist. b) are caused. 9. c) are a matter of degree. d) are not caused by prior events. 10. A person is sometimes morally responsible for his/her behavior according to: d) all of these b) James. c) Campbell. a) Stace.

Explanation / Answer

6) none of these.
As per hosper, a psychoanalyst , it is the unconscious that determines what the conscious impulse and the conscious action will be. He is of the view that most of actions are driven by neurosis that is largely controlled by unconscious.

7) d, people sometime acts freely.

Both believe some free will is present.

8) d. If he choose between genuine future possibilities
James defined free will in two parts, i.e. chance (undetermined alternative possibilities) and choice (the free action of the individual, on which randomness has no effect).

9) c, are not caused by prior events.

Deterministic acts are caused due to antecedent events and not free acts.

10)d, All of these.
Moral responsibility guides the free will is agreed by all three and hence the believe sometime people are rsponsible for their behavior.