Free will

It seems that determinism are in conflict with free will. Compatibilism is a concept that free will and determinism are compatible. In this paper, I will first state the contradiction between free will and determinism, then illustrate what is compatibilism, with most of the the problem that a compatibilist would face regarding freedom. To begin, determinism is that “human behavior is entirely governed by causal law” (Ayer, 1954, p.271). It means that every action is caused by an earlier event.…

“Determinisms Theory or Doctrine that acts of the will, occurrences in nature, or social or psychological phenomena are causally determined by preceding events or natural laws”. I can understand with agreeing with that the free will and determinism are similarly compatibilities, even when we take free will to require the ability to do otherwise and even when we interpret that ability, as the possibility of doing otherwise. However, in times we are not able to control our actions depending on the…

enduring age-old discussion regarding the existence of the independence or dependence of free will on moral responsibility are arguments supported by philosophers such as Robert Kane and Hume. There are those that contend that free will does not exists while others believe we have control over our actions. The existence of free will without moral responsibility will be explored through the arguments of free will and determinism, while the dependency will be discussed based on the “maxim”…

Does free will exist? As humans came to enlightenment, the concept of free will concerned many philosophers’ thoughts, especially in philosophy of religion. Many came to question, whether humans have free will or they just do what needs to be done based on God’s plan. Therefore, many philosophers assume that the meaning of free will is the ability to choose to do something with one’s desire or to be free to choose. Moreover, people have different minds and different views about the idea of free…

individual can control their own happiness because happiness comes with having a free will and with knowing control is at your discretion. Free will and discretion of controlling ones feelings enables a person to control their own happiness with also enjoyment of some sort. An example of such is if an individual is feeling wretched in the beginning of the day. Most people would follow in the gloom of the day, but due to free will, an individual can choose to be happy rather than be entrapped in…

Humans only have free will when they are aware of the fact that they are making logical decisions and judgments. In order to have free will, humans must make logical decisions. Logical decisions are reaching a conclusion after careful consideration of multiple options. Examples of logical decisions are thought suppression and mental control. Though both of these have been proven to increase the thought of a certain subject in the long term, there is a slight moment after the thought of…

inherent motivating influence in human decision-making. For the sake of argument and the purpose of this paper, this intuitive metaphysical force will be regarded as free-will,…

ID Number: 160026059 Tutorial Name and Code: Mind and World PY1010 Clotilde Torregrossa Does free will require the ability to do otherwise? I hereby declare that the attached piece of written work is my own work and that I have not reproduced, without acknowledgment, the work of another.  In this essay I will refute the notion that the type of free will worth wanting, or the kind that grants us moral responsibility, is not incumbent upon an ability to do otherwise. To do so, I will…

I chose to write this paper. I could have made the decision to do otherwise. Seemingly, multiple different courses of action were at my disposal upon beginning this endeavor; as there are now, and will be later. Intuitively, this how we see free-will—as a path leading towards an array of alternative possibilities. It seems evident that that we possess the freedom to direct our course of actions in anyway we desire. But what if this was an illusion? Such a claim is not as outlandish as it sounds…

Many believe that humans have free will and the power to make decisions on how we live. This is an idea that many want to accept, but in recent years the idea of free will has been challenged and it has been a disputing topic . Free will is the ability to make decisions and choose what we want in life. We can chose to help someone or not help someone, but the idea of free will can be explored on a deeper level. Scientist such as Michael Gazzaniga and Eric Kandel have done studies of the brain…