What is the paradigm case argument

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Based on the readings:

Thomas Nagel, "Free Will"

W.T. Stace, "Free Will and Determinism"

Steven M Cahn, "Freedom or Determinism"

Patricia Churchland, "Do We Have Free Will?"

1-5 Based on Cahn

1. What argument did Clarence Darrow make in defense of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb?

2. How would a hard determinist explain your participation in this exercise right now?

3. What is the paradigm case argument and how is it used in defense of soft determinism?

4. In the first full paragraph, Cahn notes, that both hard and soft determinist have another argument against libertarianism. What is the argument and what is it's significance?

6 Based on Churchland

6. How does Churchland shift the debate around whether or not humans have free will?

7. Which position are you most persuaded by and why?

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