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Some arguments in favor of the existence of free will are that, for example, if we are not being forced to ‘choose’ something, like if we were being held at gunpoint, and we were not influenced by any outside factors then, we are theoretically, we choose, therefore we have free will. Arguments against free will seem to be more abundant but, the main argument seems to be that free will doesn’t exist because, our actions/thoughts are created in our brains but we do not control what we think,…

“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen,” quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This represents that it may seem to contradict the fact people must make their own decisions for it to become fate. In reality, people make choices first for something to be destined to happen because the universe will do it for the people who truly believe in it. Author, Ernest Cline, has presented both moments where it can be fate or it can be a choice. However, fate seems to weigh out the…

"allas, But, god woot, it is naught the rather so. fful hard were it to helpen in this cas, ffor wel fynde I that fortune is my fo; Ne al the men that riden konne or go May of hire cruel whiel the harm withstonde; ffor as hire list she pleyeth with free and bonde." (Chaucer 136) In many stances, Troilus himself is guilty of taking no action and maintaining a rather passive position as a manner of facing the developing situation. Many would criticize not only his initial indecision when coming…

Existentialism “A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.” –Internet meaning Existentialism is the idea that a man lives due to his free will and individuality. That every human define their own meaning in life. It also tackles what is human existence and that human defines their own meaning of life. This idea believes that there is no God, or any higher…

why he believes that free will exists. Sartre goes on to explain that just because we are free doesn’t mean we get away with doing anything. In fact, he claims that we are responsible for every choice we make. Because of this Sartre claimed that we are “Condemned to be free.” Sartre's views may be viewed as liberating and logical, but our knowledge of the world firmly supports that we may not be as free as he artistically expressed. Sartre believed that all men are free. He held that we do…

“The most important kind of freedom is to be who you really are.” A statement said by Jim Morrison. A statement that says so much while saying very little. To truly understand this quote, understanding a feeling of complete incapability is required. In the book by Ayn Rand called “Anthem” the City, that the main character Equality lives in, maintains a purely equal society. To do this, special skill sets are not used as well as interests. Therefore, there is no progression in the City. This way…

Hegel is committed to dialectical progress of time, and he is a determist. He believes that history follows a specific path that is predetermined by the purposeful movement through time. Nothing happens by chance according to Hegel, which eliminates things happening by chance yet contingency does consist in the world. Therefore, he believed that if anything did happen by chance it did not matter. Hegel seeks the first principles of nature, and does not judge through objective facts or outside…

Libertarianism is a political philosophy that believes that we have free will and that it does not work together with determination. They believe that free will is the way for us to be morally responsible. They also believe that it is in their power to create their own future with the ability that they are given to choose whatever, whenever. They believe that things could have been done differently, so it is our responsibility to make the right decisions. It is freedom of predetermination and…

on the conception of freedom that goes contradictory to that of Mill. In this sense, he suggests that society must undergo a transformation or transition from the natural state to the civil state society, and that this society may be considered both free and subject to some legitimate form of political authority. Rousseau believes that this political authority is not found in the natural state, which he considers limited only by the power of natural superiority or the private interests of…

The Situation comes in Part IV of Sartre’s Being and Nothingness and aims to explain how it is that one can be free in the face of the deterministic nature of our existence. This essay aims to explain how Sartre sees that there are aspects of existence which can be seen to restrict one's freedom, but under an ontological freedom these restrictions are nonexistent. These restrictions are referred to by existentialism as ‘facticitcity’ meaning the objective fact about the external world which are…