"Freedom or Determinism?" by Steven M. 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. How does the Soft Determinist's definition of freedom deviate from the ordinary way the word "freedom" is used?
5. In the first full paragraph on page 221, Cahn notes that both hard and soft determinists have another argument against Libertarianism. What is the argument and what is its significance?
6. Which position are you most persuaded by and why?

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