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debate is merely about whether this reality deserves to be called free will” (Baumeister). This is related to science and how it helps to define free will but also on where people draw the line on how science supports free will but could also support fate. The author spends a majority of his article showing how science and free will are related and how it refutes previous theories on how science disproves free will and now favors free will instead. He strategically uses logos to gain the trust…

Independent. What does it mean to be independent? Does independence mean the same thing as being free? Everyone experiences independence in different ways. Some experience independence in little tasks, such as a young child learning to zip their own coat on a cold winter day. Others experience independence as being on their own, living in a home with no higher authority. There are many different viewpoints on what it really means to be independent and when true independence is ultimately reached…

gonna be peerin’ over my shoulder…Like a parole officer!” (Luke Cage #3) in response to Burstein. His choice of language here points to his feelings toward libertarianism. To him, freedom is the ability to exercise free will over his body, and without such ability he is not technically “free”, but rather heeding to the decisions of others, in particular Burstein. Because Cage would be working under Burstein’s morals and decisions, he would lose ownership of himself. The language in this panel…

intent? However we must remember that God had created the Devil, who was at one point an angel in his camp. So what causes us to bring out these evil and malicious actions against ourselves and others? As we read more, we learn that it comes from our free will. The problem of evil that has been introduced to us; is that God created all things which means he created evil. Now this brings concern…

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…

“If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin croucheth at the door: and unto thee shall be its desire, but do thou rule over it.” Genesis 4:7 American Standard Version---- “If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.” Genesis 4:7 King James Version Everyone seeks the truth. All are bound by an innate curiosity of the world and that which lies…

became aware that many of the choices that I’ve made that I previously made, were often the result of another event or decision. That’s where the argument of whether we really have free will comes in to play. The illusion of free will was one of the first topics discussed in The Illusion of Conscious Will. Do we really have free will? What lead to me making that decision? In the first chapter of The Illusion of Conscious Will we were introduced to the terms causal agents which can be broken into…

The philosophers have only interpreted the world,in various ways. The point, however ,is to change it. Even though there can be countless arguments, there is no right or wrong. Recently, students in CUHK are debatingg the contract renewal of an Islamic restaurant. Even though arguments from both sides are well-supported, I would still like to offer some possible solutions. From what I have observed, the major disputes are about multiculturalism, fairness and quality of food. Multiculturalism…

Whereby every time the victim struggles to break free, the hooks get more deeply embedded. There is only one way to escape. To remain still and calm while each hook is, as gently as possible, removed. When and only when each hook has been dealt with, can the person walk free. It is clear that the disadvantages of smoking far outweighs any perceived advantages and hence smoking should be avoided at all costs or…

The phrase “free sex worker” should not be considered an oxymoron. Why does Kristof not simply stand up against all forms of abusive, unfair, and child labor as opposed to singling out “sex work” as a practice that is prohibitively dangerous? Even when stripped of…