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sacraments. Initially intrigued by the dualistic themes of dark and light, and flesh and spirit, Augustine’s theological journey saw him trying to set his life in order by testing a variety of belief structures. Much of the focus of Augustine’s writing was in response to the Manicheans regarding the origin of evil, to Pelagius’ position on grace and separately the response to Donatus and the acceptability of a person offering a sacrament. EVIL AND ORIGINAL SIN Mani brought together ideas from…

when the patient has come to, the surgeon explains that they have fixed the problem of OCD but they have also enabled this chip with the ability to monitor and control all of the patient’s actions. The illusion of free will be maintained but from that point on, the patient no longer has free will. Then the surgeon bids farewell and sends him out the door. In the following months, the patient believes what the surgeon has said and lives his life as if he is not in control: he becomes self…

The idea of moral responsibility is argued between determinists and libertarians, with the division being caused by the possibility of free will. Steven Cahn offers an explanation of the different views of free will with the three opinions being hard determinism, soft determinism, and libertarianism. In this writing, I am going to explain Cahn’s viewpoint, and his idea that freedom is not compatible with determinism. The setting for this argument begins with a criminal trial from the early…

answer an important question: do we have free will? Though the answer may seem as simple as “of course we do, I can make my own decisions independent of what you are doing.” Significant philosophers like Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, and Lock have tried to tackle the issue of free will (Ekstrom 1). Today, there are three major types of arguments for free will: the hard determinist, indeterminist, and compatibilist. Knowing the veracity of free will is something we both want and do…

philosophers have argued the existence of free will; determining its existence is a challenge. Clearly, it is an ontological issue because experts in the field have difficulties defining its nature of existence. Free will is the doctrine that states that all human beings are free to make independent choices. Free will has the potential to judge the outcomes of our actions by explaining that no external force was involved in them and, therefore, we are free to make our choices. Thus, it is…

Nguyen, Ashley Philosophy 235 Essay 1 In Frye’s writing, she shows that oppression, sexism, coercion, and exploitation work together to portray that women suffer a double bind within each of these topics, but I there are some points to which I disagree with or think that can be expanded. With the first point being oppression, I will bring up an idea of how women cannot be both and how that fit into a double bind. Sexism includes both sex-marking and sex-announcing, I will talk about how it’s…

victim of free will. Free will is regarded as the potential to choose, form opinions and to act voluntarily. In this case of study, Oedipus Rex,written by Sophocles, translated by Dudley Fitts & Robert Fitzgerald, Oedipus, is the author of his own free will and is not a victim of fate. Not under any oppression of the deities, Oedipus is a young protagonist that stirs himself into trouble by his self-determination and his independence to do what he pleases. It is determined that not only his…

an angel in his camp. So what causes us to bring out these evil and malicious actions against ourselves and others? As we read more, we learn that it comes from our free will. The problem of evil that has been introduced to us; is that God created all things which means he created evil. Now this brings concern…

Free will is a characteristic unique to persons, allowing them control of their actions. Often brought up with determinism, it is the most commonly disputed topic of metaphysics. Determinism the philosophical proposition that every action or event is determined by a perpetual chain of pre-determined events or preceding occurrences. This means that under determinism, it is not possible for any spontaneous or random events to occur. Determinism and free will go together due to the fact that they…

Fate and Free Will in Shakespearean Literature Within the field of Shakespearean literature, fate and free will is a central topic. The definition of fate is: “the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the decreed cause of events; time” ("Fate"). The definition of free will is: “Philosophy. the doctrine that the conduct of human beings expresses personal choice and is not simply determined by physical or divine forces” ("Free will"). These…