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Frankfurt and Free Will within Addicts In “Freedom of the Will and the Concept of A Person”, Harry Frankfurt makes the argument that individuals lack moral responsibility for an action if one could not have done otherwise. Frankfurt uses the examples of three addicts: the willing, non-willing and wanton addicts to make his argument that having free will exists if one has identified with their desires. I will argue that Frankfurt’s argument is plausible because having free will may depend on the…

of this fighting won’t be short, and only one will stand out victorious. This leaves the question, was this destined to happen? Although William’s Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet illustrates the struggle between free will and fate, it’s still debated in the world today. Although fate and free will is labeled as a debated topic, Shakespeare favors throughout the course of Romeo and Juliet that fate controls the characters. In fact, not only does Shakespeare suggests that this is true, but he also…

of the most influential philosophers of the modern age, Albert Einstein, once said, “ I am a determinist. As such, I do not believe in free will. The Jews believe in free will. They believe that man shapes his own life. I reject that doctrine philosophically. In that respect I am not a Jew”(Albert Einstein). What is freewill? The philosophical definition of free will is,” the doctrine that the conduct of human beings expresses personal choice and is not simply determined by physical or divine…

Within this essay, I will argue that Galen Strawson’s basic argument, presented in Your Move: The Maze of Free Will, is correct about the impossibility of ultimate moral responsibility. I will do this by first explaining the argument, then raising an objection that concerns self-creation, and finally refuting the objection. Strawson’s basic argument can be boiled down to the simple notion that one cannot be ultimately morally responsible. He claims that anything you do in any circumstance is…

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…

novel The Sparrow, the complexities of social and structural sin, as well as fate and free will are evident. In class, we defined free will as making the conscious decisions of the choices in one’s life, and fate as very one-dimensional, where one’s outcome is already pre-determined (Theodicy PPT). In a story where God is present, it is hard to decide whether following what you believe to be Gods path is fate or free will, which is challenged in The Sparrow. Furthermore, The Sparrow follows the…

The Free Markets and its Effect “A free market is a system in which the prices for goods and services are determined by the open market and consumers, in which the laws and forces of supply and demand are free from any intervention by a government, price-setting monopoly, or other authority.” In the video,” From the Expert” an illustration is presented of an apple tree and the height of the apples needed for harvesting. The video goes to show how picking the lower hanging apples yield a…

paper I will argue Sam Harris's opinion on free will is not comprehensive in terms of philosophical view because he does not pay attention on the role played by the spirit level of a person cooperating with the human nervous system; because if there is no such thing as "Free will", we cannot take responsibility of our own action. Whether free will exist is a controversial question philosopher have debated on for many years. Like Sam Harris's opinion that free will is mostly derived from the…

The conception of opening a free clinic for all is a great one. It is an opportunity not only to avail the needy but additionally to give back to the society. It is a noble conception that is faced with sundry challenges, but the overall benefits are worth the trouble. According to the Goldin and Hanson (18), establishing a free clinic requires several resources such as capital, business plan, primary care practitioners, specialist medicos and dentists, competent non-medical volunteers among…

and created free trade policies, a trend that is widespread internationally and is a consequence of globalization. World trade has grown enormously in recent years thanks to technological advances, most importantly the internet, that have significantly improved the speed regarding payments and negotiations. International trade allows greater mobility of factors of production between countries, leaving as a result many advantages. Economists believe that nations are better off with free trade…