Multiple Choice Quiz


1	A compatibilist is best described as one who believes
		A)	that metaphysical freedom can still exist even if determinism is true
		B)	that the freedom required for moral responsibility can still exist even if determinism is true
		C)	that circumstantial and metaphysical freedom can coexist
		D)	that metaphysical freedom and the freedom required for moral responsibility can coexist


2	With which of the statements below would a compatibilist agree?
		A)	Free actions are actions exhibiting circumstantial freedom.
		B)	Free actions are actions that are voluntary.
		C)	Free actions are actions directly stemming from internal rather than external causes.
		D)	All of the above


3	About the thesis of determinism compatibilists believe which of the following?
		A)	Determinism is true.
		B)	Determinism is false.
		C)	We can never know whether determinism is true or false.
		D)	Most events are determined, but some events are expressions of metaphysical freedom.


4	Which of the claims below best characterizes Stace's analysis of the free will problem?
		A)	It's a scientific problem and not a philosophical one.
		B)	It's merely a verbal problem based on an incorrect definition of free will.
		C)	It's a problem that is beyond the human capacity to solve.
		D)	It's a problem that can be resolved by appeal to methodological skepticism.


5	One of Stace's examples of a free act is
		A)	not eating in the desert because there's no food
		B)	stealing bread because one is hungry
		C)	stealing because one's employer threatened to beat one
		D)	signing a confession because the police beat one

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