Compatibilism: Crash Course Philosophy #25
As we continue explore free will, today Hank considers a middle ground between hard determinism and libertarian free will: compatibilism. This view seeks to ...
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Crash Course Philosophy is brought to you by Squarespace. Squarespace: share your passion with the world. Let me tell you a story that is disturbing, but true. In the year 2000, a 40 year old man was arrested for possessing child pornography, and molesting his 8 year old stepdaughter. The man had no previous history of pedophilia, and he said that he was baffled and dismayed by what appeared to be a sudden turn in his sexual behavior. While he was awaiting his day in court, the man began to complain of terrible headaches. A brain scan revealed a large tumor in his orbitofrontal cortex, the part of the brain known to control sexual impulse. The tumor was removed, and, it turned out, so were his pedophilic impulses. But about a year later, those impulses returned. Another scan revealed that ...
