Determinism vs Free will

• Free will- the notion that humans have an active role and can make choices about how they behave
• Hard determinism- forces outside of our control shape our behaviour and free will is an illusion
• Soft determinism— behaviour is constrained by enviromental o biological forces but only to an extent, and there is an element of free will in behaviour
• Biological determinism- human behaviour is innate and determined by biological influences such as genetics
• Environmental determinism- human behaviour s caused by external forces such as previous experience and learning
• psychic determinism- behaviour is caused by innate drives and unconscious conflicts
• free will places moral responsibility on the individual
• determinism aligns itself with a scientific approach in order to form general laws of behaviour
• Determinism is consistent with the aims of a science as it formulates general laws and predict and control behaviours