Müller, Nils (2022) Gerard Heymans Views on Free Will and Criminal Accountability. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Gerard Heymans was a Dutch philosopher and psychologist who lived between 1857 and 1930. Heymans is most known for the development of his ‘Temperamental Typology’. The typology is a diagnostic tool for personalities along the lines of three temperamental dimensions, namely primary- or secondary functioning, emotionality, and activity. The research question was: How did Heymans views on free will and determinism influence his view on criminal accountability? Thereby, Heymans’ exchange with the criminal anthropologist Arnold Aletrino was analyzed, as well as Heymans’ views on character development and the decision-making process. Conclusively, it could be said that Heymans views determinism as a necessary precondition for free will. In terms of criminal accountability he believes that people are accountable for their actions to varying degrees. This depends on their placement on the three temperamental dimensions. The temperamental dimensions either foster or hinder a representation of all available alternatives, consequences, and motives before a decision, and thus increase or hinder the degree of accountability Heymans awards to the acting individual. Keywords: Gerard Heymans, Temperamental Typology, free will, determinism, criminal accountability
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Vermeij, R.R. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2022 13:16 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2022 13:16 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/710 |
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