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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…

We like to think that we have free will that we have a choice in how to live our lives that we can achieve anything we want in life as long as we choose to work hard and stay motivated. We hear about those great success stories about people making it to the top thanks to their efforts. But it is not always that way. For most people the story is different, even though they choose to work hard and sacrifice in many ways, they still cannot achieve their goals and dreams. Sometimes it is not up to…

The existence and nonexistence of free will has been debated since ancient times. Ancient Greeks believed in gods that predetermined peoples fate and this has been shown in Greek mythology such as Oedipus, Odyssey etc. Free will can be seen as the ability for someone to act according to their own discretion. Free will is the basis for the debate about moral responsibility. Some people believe that free will exist and as such we have control over our actions and decisions. Therefore, there is a…

paper I will argue Sam Harris's opinion on free will is not comprehensive in terms of philosophical view because he does not pay attention on the role played by the spirit level of a person cooperating with the human nervous system; because if there is no such thing as "Free will", we cannot take responsibility of our own action. Whether free will exist is a controversial question philosopher have debated on for many years. Like Sam Harris's opinion that free will is mostly derived from the…

In Locke’s Second Treatise, there is an apparent tension between a citizen’s right to accumulate what “can [be] ma[d]e use of to any advantage of [human] life before it spoils” and the citizen’s responsibility to leave “enough, and as good […] in common for others” (§31; §27). While Leo Strauss argues that Locke justifies “unlimited appropriation without concern for the need of others,” Thomas Dunn argues that Locke allows unlimited appropriation only insofar as it does not hinder the right of…

Right now you have two choices; to read this essay or to not read this essay. If you are still reading this essay you might of thought that your choice was free will. It wasn’t. Everything is life is is an effect that came from a cause. If you can’t see it that way picture this, imagine your life is a flow chart, starting at birth ending at death. The decision you make spaces ahead establishes the spaces to come. Some of those might not of even by made by you yet, they are determining your life…

Paper VIII Unlike the vast topics of philosophy, free will (ability to do otherwise and be the originator of the choice) is one that appeals to everyone regardless of their beliefs or life choices. The topic itself is an ontological issue, deeply rooted in the metaphysical nature of reality. For example, arguments for logical determinism are dependent on the aspect of the reality of time and whether or not the future already exists or if it is adaptable. Additionally, logical determinism can be…

In his Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas proposes the idea that perfection is unachievable for mortal humans and that only the “Divine Essence” -an immortal- is capable of obtaining this theoretical idea of perfected happiness. Modern culture, especially through the application of music, often promises society the glory of perfection and portrays imperfections as defects of the human mind, body, and soul. However, a modern pop song, “Something Just Like This,” collaboratively performed by…

Free will is the belief that we have absolute unbounded freedom. The existence of free-will and whether other factors restrict this free-will is one debate that is still ongoing. Most philosophers have debated if this total volition exists at all, as there is even strong suggestions contributing to the fact that God himself did not even have this ‘unbounded freedom’. This has resulted in the main question as to whether free-will is curtailed by volition. The term volition is described as the…

our free will because although some parts of our nature are determined for us outside of our control (likes, dislikes, temperament, etc.), our ability to make moral decisions depends on nothing but our own free will and ourselves. Many compatibilists accept the view of a causal chain of events going back indefinitely in time, consistent with the laws of nature, with the plan of an omniscient God, or with other determinisms. As long as our own will is included in that causal chain, we are free,…