Conceptual Framework of Action
Who is behind the theory of Conceptual Framework of Action?
Designed by Paul Ricoeur to understand human actions.
Who is the author of the poem “The Road Not Taken”
Robert Frost
Who was the first philosopher to question causality?
David Hume.
What is the means of an action?
How you carry out an action affects you as the agent and says something about you.
What is freedom?
Having the capacity to choose and act.
What is Naturalism?
Naturalism is the theory that everything is shaped by physical, biological, psychological, social and environmental processes.
What is a motive?
A motive is a reason for action.
What does it mean to be free?
You are free because you have unrealized possibilities.
Where does the heart of the action lie?
The heart of an action lies in the intention of the agent which cannot be observed.
What is the action?
What the agent does as a human for good or bad.
Why does being free make you incomplete?
Being free means you will always have unrealized possibilities.
What does naturalism argue?
Naturalism argues that we are a genetically pre-programmed and there is no human freedom.
What are circumstances?
Circumstances may reduce or increase your responsibility for an action.
What do we call the power to act or not to act?
Freedom is the power to preform deliberate acts or to not act at all.
Why is naturalism a direct assault on freedom?
Naturalism denies the possibility of ethics and morality because DNA defines who you are and what you can be.