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Finally, determinism is probably easy to intuitively understand and justify to your judges. Provided that your judge is competent and willing to vote on most arguments, determinism is not some dumb trick but an actual philosophically warranted position that could win you the round. | Finally, determinism is probably easy to intuitively understand and justify to your judges. Provided that your judge is competent and willing to vote on most arguments, determinism is not some dumb trick but an actual philosophically warranted position that could win you the round. | ||
== Responding to Determinism == | |||
=== Answering the Syllogism === | |||
The most direct way to answer determinism would be to disprove one, or multiple, parts of the syllogism. The syllogism makes three claims: | |||
# Determinism is true. | |||
# Determinism implies we lack free will. | |||
# Lacking free will implies we are not morally responsible for our actions. | |||
By disproving any one part of the syllogism, you would answer that we are not morally responsible for our actions. From personal experience, I think that answering (2) or (3) will be easier than answering (1). | |||
==== Answering (1) ==== | |||
Answering this part of the syllogism is likely the most common response to determinism. With that said, I think it is the hardest part of the syllogism to actually challenge. | |||
One argument says that we do not know if determinism is true. However, if you have properly justified your NC, you will have a card that argues why determinism is true based upon the laws of physics. Unless your opponent is attempting to disprove science, this response will likely not fare well. | |||
Another argument attempts to prove that since there is randomness in the universe, which quantum mechanics gives evidence for, the universe cannot be deterministic. Although this response does disprove determinism, it simply proves that we live in a universe governed by randomness. This does not show that we have free will, for if our actions were governed by randomness, we would not have any choice in what we do, either. | |||
==== Answering (2) ==== | |||
Conceivably, determinism could be true, but we could still have free will. Philosophers who believe in this view are called ''soft determinists'', or ''compatibalists.'' | |||
==== Answering (3) ==== | |||
=== Contesting the Role of the Ballot === | |||
=== Other Responses === | |||
== Sample Cases == | |||
Please note that this NC may have some issues regarding evidence ethics. You may want to recut a Determinism NC using your own evidence that makes similar arguments. | |||
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