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A-Level (Year 2) Ethics (2) Free Will and Determinism) Note on Hard Determinism, created by Summer Pearce on 16/11/2016.

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What is hard determinism?
Hard determinism states that our behaviour is entirely the product of our upbringing, society or genetics, as well as other external factors. Since all these factors have an influence on our behaviour, hard determinists argue that we cannot have free will (or the ability/freedom to make our own decisions). Instead, they believe that our behaviour is not a result of our own choices, and so we cannot be held morally responsible for them. Some determinists may argue that our behaviour is pre-determined for us by a supernatural force such as God or the devil.