If the statement is true no matter what, there is no possibility for anyone to have the power to make it false. Thus, no one has free will. On the contrary, if there will be…
Response to McCloskey’s Article Shamyra Thompson Liberty University Introduction In the short article On Being an Atheist, H.J. McCloskey discusses several arguments pertaining to the whether or no there is a God and what one believes to be evil. McCloskey also refers to the arguments as “proof” as well as implied several times that they can’t define or establish the existence of God. In the light of Foreman’s comments in regards to the question of God’s existence, I felt that he addressed the question by discussing the commonly asked question “Is there a God or if a God exist”. He also discussed what exactly is evil.…
In the “Problems of Philosophy”, Chapter 9: “The Debate Over Free Will”, James Rachels and Stuart Rachels, investigate over freewill. Throughout the chapter the authors discuss what free will means and the ways to evaluate if we are free. The chapter moves towards the Free Will Argument using the Determinist Argument, the Libertarian Response, the Compatibilist Response and additionally covering the ethics involved with the chapter of free will. The chapter begins with the determinist argument which claims that everything that happens must happen, given the law of nature and the history of the universe.…
For centuries philosophers have been debating the concepts of free will and whether it exists or it’s a mere illusion. Over the years, many different theories have been hindering the answer behind this complex concept. Many different philosophers discuss different ideals such as compatibilism and determinism. Both the combatalist and the hard determinist feel there's no escaping fate, however there differences lies on one major concept — free will. Even though an individual's fate may remain fixed, the compatibilist view concludes that humans still possess free will.…
Humans do not have free will. Humans can not make a conscious decision without it being affected by their past experiences, or the beliefs they were taught at a young age. Humans strive towards the idea of being able to make their own decisions and set their own path in life, but in the end, everything you do, is a product of past events. People want free will because we want to be unique. The idea of making your own decisions and being able to separate yourself from everyone else is what some people base their lives around.…
There are two standard requirements for free will: alternate possibilities and ultimate responsibility. Alternate possibilities mean that the metaphorical path before any agent must be one with forking paths. In terms of alternate possibilities, free will requires the ability to do otherwise. In other words, open futures are necessary for free will to exist. This leads to the second condition for free will: ultimate responsibility.…
Is there such a thing like free will? Are human actions based on real human choices or there is something else hidden behind the whole world idea? How are these all related to determinism? Well, in the field of philosophy these questions are well known and wait for a possible correct answer without any results. Philosophers have been arguing all around the “free will” topic for a long time and discovered that there is not such a correct answer to explain and attest the validity of this conception.…
Philosophers have several ideas to answer the problem of free will. One idea is incompatibilism, which means that an individual cannot believe in both free will and determinism. In the question of free will, I believe indeterminism is true. Indeterminism states that only certain events determine a person’s future. The idea of indeterminism states that a person’s future is not fixed.…
Free Will in Theology In the Christian faith, it is taught at a young age that God gave man free will in order to make one’s own decisions, however time and time again, both throughout history and the Bible, as well as other religious texts, that man abuses the power to make their own decisions and falls away from their gods in order to do what is superficially beneficial to themselves. From Eve being influenced by Lucifer and eating the apple of her own free will, to more modern examples of free will being used to feed man’s greed, all religions discuss the duality of free will, both the freedom it brings, but also the ways that having free will causes man to stray from their respected religious path. In The Problem of Pain, Lewis argues that…
There is no such thing as free will. Our lives are already planned for us. Many things around us control our free will, so we are not always in control of choosing how to live our lives. Free will is the ability to make our own decisions without…
In my opinion of free will, I believe that free will is somewhat of an illusion. I think we have the ability to choose what we want to do in life but we do not…
Humans decisions are in the hands of each own. Their opportunity to make use of each decision expresses our free will. In life, humans determine whether their freedom of making their decision is too extreme, and if they should make that decision or not. Sometimes that pushes us to our limit and forces us to do things we are not usually accustomed to doing. While we express the opportunity to showcase free will, there are limits that can stop the idea of it, for example laws.…
We, human beings, in the universe, all feel as though we are making decisions and using our free will each day. We are not forced to do things, we will them to be done. The higher power of God derives in us free will. Determinism is ultimately…
Is our free will really ours or are we not free from our selves to chose? And lastly I’m going take a look into what Christianity says of free will. Free will is something that is discussed by more then just philosophers, its also debated in religions and…
There has been many different theories about the topic of Free will. For instance, does free will even truly exist, is it defined by our own religious beliefs or is it simply brought on by cause and effect. Free will is nothing more than our own personal freedom to make choices in our lives. It can be brought on by an urge or naturally carefree feeling, to be able to choose with out the interference or opinions of others. A free course of action driven by our own means of self gratification for the betterment of oneself.…