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philosophers throughout history who have attempted to analyze the concept of free will. He believed that free will is prominent within humans and that it is compatible with determinism. This compatibility stems from the idea that free will should be relative to constraint rather than causation, which free will is more often considered relative to. Ayer successfully defends his claims about free will by first breaking down the issue of free will, then defining his idea of constraint. He further…

In four short chapters, Cavanaugh first exposes the misleading claims of the free market, arguing freedom must be ordered towards good ends. Absent otherworld’s telos, only the unreasonable power of one will against another remains. Second, he describes consumerism as a spiritual frame of mind that perpetuates a foolish desire for desire itself. Its logic is not a greedy grasping for possessions, but an empty detachment from, producers, production and the products we consume. Third, despite…

What is a God? Is He a higher being someone made up to feel better when people did something bad? Or the “person” that is up in the sky waiting for us to join Him after we die? Or a real, loving, caring higher power whose always has your back? A Christian God is a God who holds all morals and who does not want to see His people hurting, but wanting them to succeed and have a great life. In The Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder, and my life there are instances in life where God’s presence…

Free will is a characteristic unique to persons, allowing them control of their actions. Often brought up with determinism, it is the most commonly disputed topic of metaphysics. Determinism the philosophical proposition that every action or event is determined by a perpetual chain of pre-determined events or preceding occurrences. This means that under determinism, it is not possible for any spontaneous or random events to occur. Determinism and free will go together due to the fact that they…

How does one develop their own thoughts and opinions? Do we wake up one and suddenly think: hey Sea World shouldn’t be open? No, probably not. We all start off on a clean slate. In Percy’s reading, he discusses how the views of the people around us sometimes decide our views for us. Of course, every day we hear many different opinions. Does this not help us decide what we believe? Our opinions are built off of thoughts and ideas we have heard. The people around us help us grow into the people we…

ppt, 2017) therefore our actions are not free. For instance, the way someone grew up can affect how they view the world and how they make decisions, so their action is not free because it is affected by their past. I will be objecting to this view with the compatibilism view because even though our actions are based off our past, we still have free will depending on the circumstance. I will be describing some circumstances where we do and do not have free will. Compatibilism View Stace (1952)…

or we can say end, while free will is the ability or discretion to choose; free choice. In the story Oedipus the King, one of Sophocles masterpiece, free will plays an important and significant role in the story. In my honest opinion, I am up the view that fate only intervenes in one instance, but on the other hand this is not the case with Free will. Free will is distributed throughout the entire story. I do have a strong belief in fate, but unfortunately I believe in free will more.…

Fate and Free Will in Shakespearean Literature Within the field of Shakespearean literature, fate and free will is a central topic. The definition of fate is: “the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the decreed cause of events; time” ("Fate"). The definition of free will is: “Philosophy. the doctrine that the conduct of human beings expresses personal choice and is not simply determined by physical or divine forces” ("Free will"). These…

This ‘inconvenience’ is much preferred as the “perpetual warre of every man against his neighbour, are much worse.” This brings about the emergence of the social contract, where there is either mutual agreement of free individuals under the state of nature to submit themselves to a sovereign or the fear of the power of an existing sovereign. Sovereignty must be unconditional but there is however a contradiction and lack of justification since Hobbes has put forth…

Where is True Freedom Found for Humanity Throughout the novels of Kant’s What is Enlightenment and Equiano’s The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano both texts discuss what is the true nature of freedom and what is just in allowing humanity to have this freedom. Kant and Equiano are both arguing for a certain level of freedom, but Equiano’s level is very basic, it is rooted in the slaves not having control over their basic level of understanding. Equiano demonstrates the…