Freedom

Key Questions:

  • Is there such a thing as free will?
  • Are freedom and determinism incompatible?
  • Why did existentialists see freedom as the source of existential angst?

Key Concepts:

  • Freedom and determinism
  • Social conditioning
  • Existential angst

Key Terms:

  • Autonomy
  • Determinism
  • Hard determinism
  • Soft determinism
  • Libertarianism
  • Fatalism
  • Compatibilism
  • Incompatibilism
  • Existentialism
  • Biological determinism


  • Social determinism
  • Existential anxiety
  • (Existential) Identity
  • Being-for-itself
  • Bad faith
  • Nihilism
  • Feminism
  • Negative freedom
  • False consciousness

Links:

Documents:

Freedom- I. Introduction.pptx
Freedom- II. Biological Determinism.pptx
Freedom- III. Social Determinism.pptx
Freedom- IV. Nature vs. Nurture.pptx