Genetic determinism

Connor Rogers PHIL 101L 141 Mill Essay Mill’s definition of freedom is the absence of coercion. Coercion is getting someone to change their behaviors with force, threats, bribery, and deceit. So according to his definition if you are to change one's behavior using any of these you are taking away their freedom. One form of coercion is governmental and this is by making certain actions illegal. A couple examples of governmental coercion are gun control, smoking bans, helmets/seat belts etc. The…

Past and My Death, and evaluate how both of these aspects are insufficient accounts of our freedom in the face of facticity. We shall focus on if one were to accept Sartre's ontological freedom this is an insufficient existence which ignores the determinism in the world rather than embracing it to find a solution. Sartre is responding to the criticism that one can never truly be free because of the limitations placed upon an individual, referred to as facticities. While it is that Sartre…

Determinism is the theory that the state of the universe at a time, along with the laws of causation, completely determine all later events. This means that every single event that we experience is caused by a combination of the laws of the universe and the past state of the universe; everything that we do, every action we take, is predetermined based on these factors. Determinism assumes that we do not have free will, since we are not personally responsible for our own actions. An individual…

One word that would best describe the world and its contents is opportunism. Opportunism is the conscious policy and practice of taking advantage of circumstances – with little regard for principles, or with what the consequences are for others. Opportunism is everywhere; in the environment, in animals, and especially in humans. “The Cage” by Ruth Minsky Sender shows a great theme of opportunism and that people will do anything for their benefit. The author (Riva Minska) writes a memoir…

The time travel paradox or simply temporal paradox is a self contradictory argument in which time and space contradict each other and challenge destiny. A paradox is a self-contradicting idea that is logically unacceptable because there is no logic explanation to prove it. There are two types of temporal paradoxes: the causal loop and the grandfather paradox; each of them have the same basis, but have subtle differences. The movie “12 Monkeys” is built around a causal loop that enters in the…

Freedom, according to the dictionary, means "the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hinderance or restraint.", when we think of the word freedom we visualize ourselves to be completely free, we imagine there's no barrier, no cage, nothing that's keeping us away from what we want to do. In our head, the image of freedom is that of a bird leaving it's cage and flying away, but is absolute freedom a good thing? Is it the solution? Is it desirable? There's an Italian movie…

concept of determinism. Determinism considers that there is a cause behind all “event” and the “event” is referred as our movements. So basically, every event happens can neither be stopped nor can be caused randomly. Determinism is an opposed of freewill, in which every action is prearranged by past. The problem with this policy is that no one could be blame for their action whether it’s good or bad-since everything is prearranged. Determinism falls into two further categories: hard determinism…

INTRODUCTION Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation. - Noam Chomsky Chomsky’s quote designates language, but it can also be redirected towards the use of Stylistic Devices, otherwise known as figurative language. These “devices”, have some fixed rules or one may say formulae by the means…

People are only given certain rights and freedom entitled to their status and identity. But what if they go beyond themselves and their status? What benefits, if any, would they get? Throughout the semester, several texts studied illustrate how disguise, changing people’s appearance or position temporarily, could provide much power and versatility to the individuals. Even though these benefits are used in different manners for different means, these additional benefits are all provided through…

Free Will or Fate People can influence others, despite the fact that they can achieve the goal of persuading people into thinking another way, oneself is not force-fed into making any actions that one decides to make. Everyone is born with free will, sometimes a person can not control what happens, but they do have control over the choices they aim to make. The choices one makes practically determines their fate. Macbeth made some poor decisions and let people influence him and that led to his…