Hard determinism
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Hard determinism is 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. Although hard determinism generally r
Hard determinists believe people are highly complex molecular machines.
Some hard determinists would hold robotic beings of sufficient intelligence morally responsible (pictured above: attempts to build lifelike machines).
Compatibilism
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Compatibilism is the belief that free will and determinism are mutually compatible and that it is possible to believe in both without being logically inconsistent. The opposing belief, that the thesis
Arthur Schopenhauer
Schrödinger's door: Saying "there may be a person behind that door" merely expresses ignorance about the one, determined reality.
Compatibilism has much in common with "hard determinism", including moral systems and a belief in determinism itself.