Free indirect speech

Is one's fate predetermined? Fate is irresistible. At birth, one's fate is already determined. William Shakespeare is widely known for his use of figurative language and long detailed plays. One of his most famous play is Romeo and Juliet. The play Romeo and Juliet is about a love story between two "star-cross'd lovers". In this play, Shakespeare uses a wide variety of figurative language and provides sufficient details about every character. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare suggests that one's…

definition of fate, and the story of Romeo and Juliet says that fate is what brought the two lovers together when in reality it wasn't fate it was bad choices. God gave us the privilege of free will which means we can stay on the right path that God has planned for us or we can drift off into another path. God gave us free will but he gave us biblical guidelines that would keep us safe, and when looking for a mate Juliet should have looked in Ephesians 5:25 which states, " Husbands, love your…

There does not seem to be any record of a major controversy concerning man’s freedom in the decision-making process prior to the Pelagian controversy of the 5th century. To be sure, there were debates concerning “free will” prior to the Pelagian controversy (Chrysostom, Origen, Jerome, and others opposed determinism), but none that took center stage the way the Pelagian controversy did. Pelagius, a British-born monk who resided in Rome before it fell in 410, was “roused to anger by an inert…

The argument argues deductively against the existence of God based on a theist’s explanation of the existence of evil and the characteristics of God. Personally, I think this argument is weak. First, God, the creator of the universe, is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent, which is all-PKG based on the common western culture point of view. Based on the characters of god, the existence of evil is contradict to the existence of god since the god is defined as all-PKG. Evil is being…

The second philosopher is Harry Frankfurt, whose ideas are similar to those of David Hume. Frankfurt has two ways in which he views how to be a person. The first is being moved by volitional necessity and how to have free wills. Frankfurt's views on how to have a free will starts with animals in Freedom of the will and the concept of a person, by Frankfurt. Animals can only have first order desires, which are represented as X. Then there are humans who want first order desires, X, but also want…

considers whether or not one should be held morally accountable for their actions. The three philosophical approaches to the issue of free will and determinism are hard determinism, libertarianism and soft determinism which each take different approaches to decide whether or not our actions are caused or whether we are able to act upon our own free will. We assume that we are free when we make decisions in our everyday lives. Hard determinists believe in universal causation, which states that…

In the reading “Free-will, Pre-determination, and Self-revelation,” Shahidullah Fridi argues on various aspects of the free will of man. He states “man’s freedom of will and freedom of choice is proved by experience, which is confirmed as true by the Word of God (217).” In other words, on Earth, man has a choice of a path to take, the right or wrong with his own free choice and will, however it is always confirmed to be true by God. Whichever path is taken, they are to receive the effects and…

inevitable. During the play Macbeth believes that through his decisions he can evade and change his fate, and in the end fate, as always, continues and proves the witches prophecies to be true. Despite my personal beliefs, many people think that Macbeth free-willingly made the decision to be evil. However, what many people seem to overlook is the fact that Macbeth’s decisions are what create his predetermined fate. The three witches tell Banquo and Macbeth prophecies and while Banquo sees…

become overwhelming when trying to decide what is the best decisions to make because we are all at free will to do whatever no matter good or bad. We should be mindful of the decisions and choices that we make because of the effects it has on our lives and others it is also our moral responsibility to be accountable for actions because of the effects that it has on our life. , “We believe we have free will when we view ourselves as agents capable of influencing the world in various ways. Open…

Since only intended actions can be measured as virtuous, it is needed to inspect what it means for an action to be voluntary. An involuntary act is when something is done using force or through ignorance it also involves pain and regret. (pg.31 s13) An action done with fear or for the sake of some decent action is more voluntary than involuntary, although they are mixed. (pg. 30 s6) For an act to be involuntary, there must be some outward belief causing the action and the person must not…