Control is out of this world.
“Compatibilism is the thesis that we are both determined and yet at the same time have the sort of freedom necessary to be morally responsible for our actions” (McKenna). Everybody has their own viewpoints on free will and hard determinism. It is often said that it can only be one or the other. The economy, the laws, and the people are only doing what is set in stone for them to be doing, or making their own choices in life. Well, I believe it’s both. Compatibilism or soft determinism should be the focal point because there are things in life that we cannot control, and things that we can control.
There are things in life that we have control over. According to Thomas Hobbes, “As long as the agent is free from external coercion, they have freedom of action” ("Compatibilism"). A lot of things that are accomplished in daily lives are because we choose to accomplish them. A lot of tasks or accomplishments are done without coercion. Nobody is telling us that doing something is mandatory. For example, if a professor states that there’s a paper due soon. Its mandatory to pass the class but it’s up to you to decide if you want to do it or not. You can choose “how many times you swear in traffic”, whether to bring an umbrella when it’s raining, “Your level of honesty”, or simply, “Whether you judge other people” (article name) We are free to choose. A “reason we care about free will is that it …show more content…
We have things we cannot control, and we have things that we can control, but we must accept the fact that it isn’t all about freedom or predetermination. We need both to be a fully developed human being. Oedipus is the kind of soft determinism. He couldn’t control everything. He couldn’t control the fate that his parents brought upon him. He could control his actions and his voice. It is like a balance of the two. We cannot choose things that we cannot control, but if we have control, we can choose
“Compatibilism is the thesis that we are both determined and yet at the same time have the sort of freedom necessary to be morally responsible for our actions” (McKenna). Everybody has their own viewpoints on free will and hard determinism. It is often said that it can only be one or the other. The economy, the laws, and the people are only doing what is set in stone for them to be doing, or making their own choices in life. Well, I believe it’s both. Compatibilism or soft determinism should be the focal point because there are things in life that we cannot control, and things that we can control.
There are things in life that we have control over. According to Thomas Hobbes, “As long as the agent is free from external coercion, they have freedom of action” ("Compatibilism"). A lot of things that are accomplished in daily lives are because we choose to accomplish them. A lot of tasks or accomplishments are done without coercion. Nobody is telling us that doing something is mandatory. For example, if a professor states that there’s a paper due soon. Its mandatory to pass the class but it’s up to you to decide if you want to do it or not. You can choose “how many times you swear in traffic”, whether to bring an umbrella when it’s raining, “Your level of honesty”, or simply, “Whether you judge other people” (article name) We are free to choose. A “reason we care about free will is that it …show more content…
We have things we cannot control, and we have things that we can control, but we must accept the fact that it isn’t all about freedom or predetermination. We need both to be a fully developed human being. Oedipus is the kind of soft determinism. He couldn’t control everything. He couldn’t control the fate that his parents brought upon him. He could control his actions and his voice. It is like a balance of the two. We cannot choose things that we cannot control, but if we have control, we can choose