Intuitions and Philosophy
The course that sparked my interest in my thesis was Intuitions and Philosophy. For my final paper in this course I chose to examine how people make decisions. I wanted to know what caused one to enter into a state of indecisiveness and why some people are more intuitive while others are more deliberative. Finally, I took this information and applied it to responsibility and found that people should not be held morally responsible (even in a nondeterministic universe) for their actions. This is because the way one makes a decision is based very heavily on outside influences and factors. A child who is constantly instructed to “go with your gut” will grow up to be a more intuitive person than one who was constantly told to list out all possible scenarios, gather as much information as possible, and make a well informed decision.
I have learned to be mindful of this information because the way in which they instruct children to proceed at a young age will have a huge significance on the way in which children make decisions in the future. Also, I will be able to recognize how outside influences cause children to act in the way that they do, which should be taken into consideration while reprimanding a child.