Free Will vs. Determinism: Who's Really in Control? Alex O'Connor vs Prof Alex Carter hosted by Ruth Jackson

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🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Free Will Dilemmas: Determinism vs. Compatibilism Are we the masters of our fate or just dancing to the universe's tune? 🤔 This week on Premier Unbelievable, Ruth Jackson moderates a gripping debate on one of philosophy’s oldest questions: Do we truly have free will? Highlights: Freedom or Illusion? What does it really mean to act freely? Can science give us all the answers?Desire vs. Force: Are our choices genuinely our own, or just outcomes of external pressures?Responsibility: If free will is an illusion, how do we justify crime and punishment?Guest Spotlight: Dr. Alex Carter: A Cambridge philosopher who believes free will and determinism can coexist.Alex O'Connor (Cosmic Skeptic): A well-known advocate of determinism, arguing that our decisions are shaped by prior causes.Prepare to have your views challenged on freedom, responsibility, and human choice. 🎧✨ And stay tuned—Dr. Vince Vitale will soon offer a powerful rebuttal to these arguments! 👉 Join the conversation and get exclusive content at www.premierunbelievable.com 🎉📢 SOCIAL LINKS Twitter: https://twitter.com/unbelievablefe Facebook: / https://facebook.com/premierunbelievable Instagram: / https://instagram.com/premierunbelievable Tik Tok: / https://tiktok.com/@premier.unbelievable • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/courses • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

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0:45.0	If something is random.
0:50.0	If something is random, then by definition you're not in control of it.
0:54.0	But if some event is not random, what that means is that something has determined it to be the case.
1:00.0	Something has made it so that this happened rather than that happened.
1:04.0	There is a semantic difference between being compelled to act and being freely acting.
1:10.0	You can look for scientific causes of my actions and that's absolutely fair enough.
1:14.0	But a scientific explanation of an event is one type of explanation.
1:18.0	The only reason you ever do anything is because you want to in some sense or because you're forced to. You can choose to do
1:24.2	particular things but when you choose to do something particular it will be
1:28.0	because you want to or because you're forced to. If you're forced to you're
1:30.8	not a control, if you do it because you want to,
1:33.3	then given that you can't control your wants,
1:36.4	you're not in control of that either.
1:37.6	We have that established already.
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