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with the new, bring back the old. The author of the article “The New Argument about Freedom” talks about how the old philosophical questions of “are we free’ and “are we morally responsible” should be put to bed and that new questions should be brought forward, ones that are closer to people’s hearts. She brings forward the question of whether free will and moral responsibility are compatible with determinism. She uses this question to swiftly dismiss determinism. When it comes to her argument…

When one examines religion, one often finds a glaring contradiction between the existence an all knowing, all powerful, all loving God, and evil. This is known as the problem of evil, and it has perplexed theists and atheists for centuries. One 20th century philosopher, J.L Mackie, used a formulation of the problem of evil in an attempt to disprove the existence of God. Over the course of his career, he sought to prove that God could not exist alongside evil. While Mackie’s argument is valid,…

whether you are doing it, or in what direction you are changing it. So you cannot evade the divine foreknowledge, just as you cannot escape the gaze of a person’s eye which observes you at this moment, even though you vary your actions by use of your free will.” (Boethius,…

would progress be completely inhibited through the lack of struggle in the world, but the ability of free will would be non-existent. Divine control would be binding to society to the extent that there would be no purpose of it, completely defying what instructions on following God’s will imply. Without the choice to overcome temptation, man cannot legitimately flourish as a follower of God. Free will is both a gift and test given from God, and it is dependent on society to utilize it for the…

conception of freedom is somewhat complicated to comprehend. Sartre believed that we are free because we are "other" to ourselves. In other words, because we exist we have the capability of holding ourselves accountable for all of our actions and life choices. He viewed freedom and the human consciousness as one entity and believed that because we have one, the other also exists. Because humans are conscious, they are free. It is hard for me to say that I completely agree or disagree as I…

Have you ever wondered if you could choose your own destiny or does it just happen by itself no matter what you do? Well with some readings I will answer that. In Invictus I believe that he can guide his future in the direction that he wants to go because, it is what he wants to do it is up to him what he wants to do in his life. Meaning that he is the one that decides where his life goes what his destiny is, no one can do it for him. No one can change his future, but him. He is the one that…

instructs Cain to triumph over sin; in Lee’s discovery, he encounters that Timshel is interpreted as “thou mayest” which provides how God tells Cain that he has a choice whether or not to overcome sin. Lee then describes this concept that there is a free choice over evil, which he then begins to speak this meaning to Adam and Cal of the power of Timshel. This prompted Cal to then realize that he then has the strength in order to triumph over his evil. The author had introduced the young…

which vocation were a right, then to debilitate end would be compulsion also. To put it plainly, the idea of pressure is precisely as obvious as the hypothesis of rights behind it. The idea if intimidation itself is something free of rights and foundations. In any case, a free definition comes at the expense of clear line in the middle of pressure and not intimidation.…

Well we can assume that if God does exist and gave people a habitat where good and evil could equally influence people, then God gave people free will. And because God gave people free will, meaning in this context that people have the ability to make decisions independent of what God wants, people can freely choose to act good or evil. So the origin of evil doesn't come from God creating evil but from God creating…

The Imperfect side of Gods over Erotic Desire and Transformation The text Metamorphoses by Ovid contains a number of motifs of transformation as well as the title of the text indicates over erotic desire. The main theme of the poem is transformation, which is closely link to erotic desire and love of the Gods in terms of the imperfection of Gods and feminine perspective. The theme of erotic desire and following transformation symbolize the imperfect side of Gods compare to mankind. Ovid’s poem…