Free Will and Moral Responsibility

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Ten-Mark Questions

Examine what is meant by moral responsibility.
Examine the conditions of moral responsibility.
Examine the relationship between free will and moral responsibility.
Examine what it means to know the difference between right and wrong.

Fifteen-Mark Questions

‘The conditions of moral responsibility are not clear.’

Evaluate this claim.

'Not everyone can know the difference between right and wrong.'

Evaluate this claim.

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The Extent of Moral Responsibility

Ten-Mark Questions

Examine how libertarianism approaches moral responsibility.
Examine how hard determinism approaches moral responsibility.
Examine how compatibilism approaches moral responsibility.
Examine the approaches of libertarianism and hard determinism to free will.
Examine the approaches of libertarianism and compatibilism to free will.
Examine the approaches of compatibilism and hard determinism to free will.

Fifteen-Mark Questions

'Libertarianism provides the best solution to the problem of free will and moral responsibility.'

Evaluate this claim.

'People should accept full moral responsibility for their actions.'

Evaluate this claim.

'Hard determinism provides the best solution to the problem of free will and moral responsibility.'

Evaluate this claim.

‘Humanity has no moral responsibility for its actions.’

Evaluate this claim.

'Compatibilism provides the best solution to the problem of free will and moral responsibility.'

Evaluate this claim.

‘No one is fully responsible for their moral choices.’

Evaluate this claim.

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The Relevance of Moral Responsibility to Reward and Punishment

Ten-Mark Questions

Examine the relevance of moral responsibility to reward and punishment.

Fifteen-Mark Questions

‘People should not be rewarded or punished for their moral decisions.’

Evaluate this claim.

‘Rewards and punishments are a good way to make people behave well.’

Evaluate this claim.

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