From the text Living Issues in Philosophy there are three definitions of freedom, 1)Physical Freedom: “Being able to move from one place to another”, 2)”Psychological Freedom: open expressions of the spontaneous character of human nature”, and 3)”Civil Freedom: The right to act within the framework of the law”(Titus, Smith and Nolan 85) . These three definitions are all different but sum up to be a broader idea. But to ask if Riley was free will is like asking if a butterfly is flying or gliding on the breeze. It's all about perception.
Some may say that Riley has physical free will because she can walk by herself but in fact, the emotions, Joy, Anger, Disgust, Fear, and Sadness, control her emotions towards the action. If an action brings Sadness, Fear, Anger, or Disgust usually you don’t partake in it. With all these factors going into just doing something little what is it to say that she can control what she does. Riley’s feelings towards these unpleasantries will cause her not to want to go to places. In a hylomorphic view point, Riley’s emotions are linked with her body …show more content…
Human nature is defined as “certain social, cultural, and intellectual traits and forms of behavior possessed exclusively by humans” (Lecture 8/8). The emotions are located in her mind and control her view on the world. Her intellectual view is controlled by the emotions, as seen in the clip when Fear was talking to Joy about standing up and speaking to the class. To any intellectual thinker that would seem like an everyday thing, but to Riley or should I say Riley’s emotions that seem like a horrible thing. Having her intellectual view controlled by the emotions means her human behavior is not hers at all. Going/looking deeper into the idea that human nature does not exist seeing as every human’s intellectual view is controlled by their separate emotions which are all
Some may say that Riley has physical free will because she can walk by herself but in fact, the emotions, Joy, Anger, Disgust, Fear, and Sadness, control her emotions towards the action. If an action brings Sadness, Fear, Anger, or Disgust usually you don’t partake in it. With all these factors going into just doing something little what is it to say that she can control what she does. Riley’s feelings towards these unpleasantries will cause her not to want to go to places. In a hylomorphic view point, Riley’s emotions are linked with her body …show more content…
Human nature is defined as “certain social, cultural, and intellectual traits and forms of behavior possessed exclusively by humans” (Lecture 8/8). The emotions are located in her mind and control her view on the world. Her intellectual view is controlled by the emotions, as seen in the clip when Fear was talking to Joy about standing up and speaking to the class. To any intellectual thinker that would seem like an everyday thing, but to Riley or should I say Riley’s emotions that seem like a horrible thing. Having her intellectual view controlled by the emotions means her human behavior is not hers at all. Going/looking deeper into the idea that human nature does not exist seeing as every human’s intellectual view is controlled by their separate emotions which are all