weakness of determinism

• • If determinism is a 100% valid theory it would mean that everyone born under the same circumstances would end up with the same experiences or outcomes which is untrue e.g.
  • people born into a criminal family who choose a different path in life
  • people experience early maternal deprivation but go on to have healthy adult attachments
  • This means that determinism only presents a partial account of what forms human behaviour
• • For all its seeming scientific credentials, determinism is unfalsifiable as it cannot pinpoint or explain exactly the causes of behaviour, particularly when that behaviour seems contradictory e.g.
  • a rich woman steals a bottle of wine from a shop
  • a man with racist views marries a woman of colour
  • an Oxford graduate decides to work in a biscuit factory
• ignores the role of free will

  maslow and rodgers reject the assumptions of determanism both suggest we humans posses free will. humans can achieve self actualisation if their basic needs are met.

  this is a problem for determanism because it assumes humans cannot change if they want to (e.g. rehabilitation, education, therapy)

  one proclem with free wil is it is difficult to measure its existance