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(philosophy) A view on free will which holds that determinism is true, that it is incompatible with free will, and therefore that free will does not exist.

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hard determinism

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hard determinism

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決定論が真実であり、自由意志との両立が不可能であるとする哲学的立場 / 決定論に基づいて、自由意志は存在しないと主張する見解

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When confronted with the problem of moral responsibility, she argued that hard determinism leaves no room for genuine choice.

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倫理的責任の問題に直面したとき、彼女は決定論が真であり自由意志と両立しないために真の選択の余地がないという見解を主張した。

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Moreover, suggestions that compatibilists can refute hard determinism on non-semantic grounds are misguided, building more into hard determinism than an adherent of this view needs to accept. […] Hard determinism merely claims that our actions are brought about by genetics and environment, and that this rules out control.

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