The Pros And Cons Of Libertarianism

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Libertarianism being free from anything except our free will is something that is huge to me. There are many pros and cons to this thought. Of course some people are against this philosophic thought. Free will should be brought to everyone, but in some ways it is not always something that is real. Free will is said to be you’re able to make your own decision, which I believe we do everyday, but I do believe god has a path for us which allows us to make the decisions we do. Everyday we are faced with a decision, sometimes we take a different route that we wanted but that is apart of life. In an earlier reading I was reading about free will and how the decisions we make was made before we were born because that’s how it was to play out. I have

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