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almost complete silence besides a few whispers, among families. This path though sure is very uncertain. The scent and motion of the sea rocking the boat makes me a bit sick to my stomach. No one knows what’s next for him or her in this “Land of the Free”. This feeling of uncertainty began for us many months ago. At home monsters are, now tarnishing where we grew and had our families for so many years. These monsters do not care for their fellow man; all they care about is money and power. They…

oppression and punishment. When I contemplate the idea of freedom, I also think about various nations and their perspective on freedom. I spent my childhood in Russia, and have lived in the United States for the past fourteen years. The phrase “land of the free” reflects well on my experience living in the United States compared to living in Russia. In Russia, being anything but a heterosexual is illegal. Even discussing the topic of homosexuality to children is illegal. Having and stating…

What is the nature of freedom? Or a better question should be, what is free will and do we have it? The definition of free will is not a simple answer. Free will tries to account for our introspective belief that we have control of our actions and as a result, our own destiny. Nothing in our lives is predetermined and every cause has an effect. Human actions are caused, but we can consider actions free if they are the result of internal motivations rather than external events, a belief known as…

that there are many ways the future may pass. Doug believes that Judy is seeing one true future, the one he sees, amidst many false ones. He can be called a determinist, one who believes that at any given moment there is exactly one physical future. Free will seems to be a mutually exclusive concept, which Judy believes in. Throughout their relationship they confront these clashing viewpoints. Judy believes that there is a chance that their relationship may end in six months and three days,…

kinds of evil in this world according to Swinburne: moral and natural. Humans cause moral evil. Natural evil is due to natural causes. With moral evil, humans cause their own suffering due to the God-given gift of free will or “free and responsible choice.” “A God who gives humans such free will necessarily brings about the possibility, and puts outside his own control whether or not that evil occurs.” Humans are therefore not responsible for their actions unless they have true choices to…

So, what exactly is free will? Free will is defined as, “a free and independent decision; a voluntary decision” (free will, n.d.). Do individuals possess free will and are morally responsible for their actions, or is everything predetermined for them and thus are not responsible for actions committed? This essay will discuss free will as well as determine a possible answer for whether there is such a thing as free will and moral responsibility. For my argument, I believe since everyone has some…

survival relied entirely on chance, as was his meeting with his then lover and mother; Jocasta. The conflict that rises between fate and chance is the seed of doubt that lies planted in the modern reader’s mind, along with the concept of the existence of free…

Compatibilism as a Solution for the Free Will Problem Are human actions completely free? Freedom can acquire several definitions; according to Bavetta’s study on freedom of choice, for example, liberty can refer to the agent’s freedom of choice, effective freedom, or autonomy (47). The belief of freedom of choice acquires two main perspectives: an incompatible and a compatible view between free will and determinism. The incompatible position states that free will and determinism cannot coexist…

Compatibilism. 2) Incompatibilism. According to compatibilism free will is possible even if determinism is true. But, incompatibilism says that freewill is not real if determinism exist (Sider 2014). Incompatibilism cover two terms that are hard determinism and libertarian. Hard determinism conclude that if determinism is valid than no need of freewill. but, libertarian is opposite to it by rejecting determinism in the face of freewill (Sider 2014). Free will mean the action that we choose…

Fate vs free will in Hamlet and Oedipus Outline Introduction: Fate can be defined as “a power that determines the event in the future. In the fate the events of man are already determined.” What is freewill? “The power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one’s own discretion.” Does mankind have the ability to choose his fate, or is mankind doomed to live a predetermined life? In the story of Oedipus, fate has determined his tragic ending. In Hamlet,…