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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…

God is not responsible for it. Descartes explains why human being make mistakes as he says “I note that these errors depend on the simultaneous concurrence of two causes: the faculty of knowing that is for me and the faculty of choosing, that is, the free choice of the will, in other words, simultaneous on the intellect and will.”(6) He clarifies the intellect as the faculty of knowing which is limited in the way of thinking and understanding, and the will as the faculty of choosing which is…

”[uncountable] power that is believed to control everything that happens and that cannot be stopped or changed.” When referring to free will, one might define it was the acting without the constraint of fate. It is the ability to act at one’s own discretion. The ancient Greeks acknowledged the role of Fate as a reality outside oneself that shaped and determined life. The Theme “Fate vs. Free Will” is applicable to Sophocles’s three Theban plays: Antigone, Oedipus Rex, and Oedipus at Colonus. In…

One of the main themes demonstrated in “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” was fate versus free will. In the play, most of the characters end up succumbing to fate, however Shakespeare still conveys how their fate could have been avoided. Fate was demonstrated through omens and prophecies, while free will was shown through the character’s ability to chose their own future. For instance, Caesar had been warned about his death by three different people. Most notably, Calpurnia predicted Caesar’s and…

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” (Shakespeare) Some people believe that a person’s destiny is set. The thought is that humans just follow a path blindly as it twists and turns through life, ending at some unknown destination. But there are others that contend that destiny is what they make of it. The Comité des Citoyens (Committee of Citizens) were a group of people from New Orleans who chose to fight for the right for black citizens to choose their own destiny.…

Fate works in mysterious ways. Whether we succumb to our supposed fate or have the power of free will is unknown, yet such a question has been pondered throughout history. If “fate” truly exists, then who determines it, how is it determined, and why are some fates more detrimental than others? These questions remain unanswered but were expounded by Sophocles over 2,500 years ago. If one was doomed by fate there was no escaping it; fate would, inevitably, lead to their tragic demise. Oedipus the…

actions determined by the past, or are those choices freely made? Free will has been a debated subject for a very longtime. Many philosophers have tried tackling this issue with no success to finding the existential answer. Free will is defined as the ability to make your own decisions throughout life. The opposing belief is that everything is determined and everything that occurs has a cause behind it, we call this determinism. Free-will and determinism are very different philosophies, despite…

I have gained knowledge pertaining the connections and differences between the concepts of free will, determinism, indeterminism, compatibilism, and fatalism as well. Now, I can distinguish between them clearly and I have a good background regarding these concepts. The first thing I have learned is about the contemporary philosophical language in utilizing the concept of compatibilism as big category instead of soft determinism or hard determinism. The concept of compatibilism is crucial to…