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The 3rd Reflective Essay Amr Eid Radwan Are we free? - Exploration of Will by Exploiting D’Holbach’s Arguments - P eople always want to believe that they are free. But is this the truth? Are we the ones who determine their fates? Are there any external factors that cause our actions? These questions can be taken philosophically and psychologically, but in this essay, we will focus only on the…

One of those theories is the ‘Free will’ theodicy. This states that “God had to allow for the possibility that humans would do evil in order to give them Free Will.” In other words, if God made a world without evil, he would have to make it impossible for human beings to do any evil. Doing so would take away their free will and their self-awareness, which was given to Adam and Eve. Many see free-will as something that leads to ethical evil. Representatives of free will, such as humans, are able…

responsible because their actions are caused naturally and or are determined. The question here is what is free will? Historically speaking, it is the action of acting freely; meaning everything is done causally due to the person. Free will and moral responsibility go hand in hand, but the issue is can a person really be in control of these things they had no control over? The problem with free will is that we believe determinism is true, but also that we are morally responsible; meaning we are…

Throughout history free will has been debated by average people, Christians, non Christians and philosophers. There are conflicting views on the matter of free will some say free will does not exist because our life has been predetermined while others believe free will does exist and we are able to be in control over our decisions and actions. There is both a libertarian view and a compatibilist view. In this essay I will look at the question “Should Christians think humans have free will or…

Answering the Checklist Questions: The Critical Decisions 1. Scale of measurement? Both the F and the A-S scales are considered to be interval measures distributed normally in the population. Use Fig. 10. 2. Hypothesis? The hypothesis in this case is one of association. (One group is being measured on two different response dimensions). We can never test for differences between completely unrelated measures. 3. If the hypothesis of difference is tested, are the groups independent or…

of the most influential philosophers of the modern age, Albert Einstein, once said, “ I am a determinist. As such, I do not believe in free will. The Jews believe in free will. They believe that man shapes his own life. I reject that doctrine philosophically. In that respect I am not a Jew”(Albert Einstein). What is freewill? The philosophical definition of free will is,” the doctrine that the conduct of human beings expresses personal choice and is not simply determined by physical or divine…

worse crimes. You would expect God to hand out punishments fairly but he does not. (B) The explanations that I best agree with comes from Rachels Evil that evil is the result of our free will and Boice’s evil that some suffering is caused by us. I view these two explanations as one and the same. We are all born with free will. We are able to choose what we eat, wear, say, etc…. So it is only naturally that…

Assuming an understanding of Sartre’s division of the Being in-itself from the Being for-itself and the characterization of the being for-itself with its relation to nothingness, we may advance a description of Sartre’s concept of bad faith as a lie to ourselves in which we attempt to construct our Being into a “little God” (Sartre, 1984, pp. 81) by asserting our essence in the Being in-itself while maintaining our transcendence. This comes as a desire to assuage the anguish brought upon by the…

Many have posed the question, “Is doing the wrong thing for the right reasons ever right?” Although the answer is debatable and has been for some time, I firmly believe that the answer is “no.” Anyone with high moral standards such as myself, could not ever justify doing the wrong thing for the right reasons. A person should begin by asking themselves, “Do the benefits outweigh the costs?” “Would I be able to live with the consequences?” I cannot think of an instance when the benefits outweigh…

determinism or free will? Many would argue that every action that we do is done by our free will and others would say that human behaviors are completely determined by prior events. In my opinion, I believe that that events that we experience have already been determined by factors such as science and experiences that we’ve been through in the past. There are a few reasons why I believe that human behavior cannot be a result of free will. Firstly, some choices just can’t be made by free will.…