Difference Between Hard Determinism And Free Will

Have you ever wondered if you’re changing your own fate? Most believe that they do. This is what is called free will. The opposing side of free will is hard determinism. Hard determinism is a theory that everything that occurs in the universe is entirely determined to be that way, due to causation. Hard determinists believe choice does not exist, free will does not exist, and randomness does not exist. When you woke up this morning and picked out your clothes for the day was that free will or determinism? When you chose what you would eat for breakfast was that free will or determinism? A free will believer would say they made the choice to wear the outfit they picked because they could have picked anything they wanted or maybe they based …show more content…
This is something that they say couldn’t be predetermined. A determinist would argue that thought, and say it was because of causation that you chose that outfit. Something happened before to you in the past to make you pick the outfit you did. Maybe the last time you wore that outfit someone complimented you on it, this could be the causation that made you decide to wear it again. It’s the same thing for your choice of breakfast. A free will believer would say that you had the freedom to pick anything you wanted in your kitchen and you freely chose what you ate, but on the other hand a determinist would say you made the choice because of a previous situation. There are three theories of free will and determinism. The first is hard determinism this is the theory that human behavior and actions are wholly determined by external factors. This means humans do not have genuine free will …show more content…
If god has already predetermined our life, which has been said in the bible numerous times, then how would free will exist? God has already mapped out our lives. He knows everything when we will be born, if we marry, have children, get sick, and ultimately when we die. This should put any god believing free will believer to rest on the existence of free will. This is when another theory comes in to play, compatibilism
. Compatibilism also called soft determinism at times. It is the middle ground between hard determinism and libertinism. This theory says that people are free but defines freedom differently. Compatibilism is the belief that every person can choose according to his or her greatest desire. In other words you can ultimately make any choice you want, but what you want is determined by moral nature, what your heart and mind