I Feel Free

making the slightest difference in anything. Some decisions you have time to ponder over, others must be made in a split-second. Some of the most difficult decisions to make are ones in which people feel ties to both different options and their parties. The main characters in Antigone, Into the Wild, and On Free Choice of the Will are all caught in inner struggles of choosing which competing obligation, between their self, others, and the Divine, to fulfill. ‘Obligation’ is defined in the…

life, happen because the law of nature led to the event. Base on this definition I find is difficult to understand how determinism take away an individual’s free will. Determinism got also be looked at as for every action one take there is a reaction that follow. I strongly disagree with the in compatibilism idea of had determinism. Therefore I am challenging the statement made earlier that “if determinism is true then free will does not exist” because it is an invalid statement that contradict…

of the character’s good intentions. Macbeth, from Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, is, without a doubt, one of the most prevalent tragic heroes throughout all works of literature. Macbeth is a tragic hero as he possesses noble stature, a tragic flaw, free choice, an increased awareness of his downfall, and a punishment that exceeds his crimes, all while producing a catharsis in the audience. Macbeth fits the role of a tragic hero in the fact that he has noble stature. Macbeth begins the story a…

titled “The Debate Over Free Will” is about the three arguments over free will. They are Determinism, Libertarianism, and Compatibilism. The Determinism argument is, as Rachels states, that our actions are manipulated by forces we cannot control. The second argument Rachels presents is Libertarianism which states that some actions we freely choose and that we are also not made to do so. The last argument is Compatibilism and according to Rachels, it states that actions are both free and…

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 important to recognize the counterpoint to her argument and just some things I think should be added. The last point is coercion and exploitation and how the free will of women essentially does not exist, I…

1. Are people determined or do we have free will? While some stories and philosophers may believe that one’s destiny is something that is already decided and set out for them, I personally disagree. For me, when looking at history, sometimes it can seem like one’s fate is already set based on the actions in the past. An example of this would be A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. The main character believes his life is already set and dictated by what has happened in the past to African…

compatibilism it can be established that all of these are applicable in certain situations. However, I believe we must hold eachother accountable and be responsible for ourselves but at the same time be aware of extraneous forces and the possible randomness of the universe that makes responsibility somewhat impossible. The first response is known as hard determinism, or as Paul Holbach refers to it “the illusion of free will”. Hard determinism is the idea that everything in life occurs because…

Reflective Response Paper Depending on your religious beliefs there could be many different answers to the question of how free are the choices that we make and is it really our choice to make or is it predetermined by some higher power. My personal belief is that you have the freedom to make choices that you see as what’s right for you or want you want at that point and time but I also see it as we are all put on this earth for a specific reason or purpose that is greater than we know. When we…

Is free will compatible with determinism? That’s the most philosophical question asked. Free will is the power or ability to make a choice for which one can be held responsible for. Determinism is the thesis that at any time the universe has one physically possibility in the future. Compatibilisim is the thesis that we can have free will in a deterministic world. This philosophical question is still not unsolved, but in this essay I will argue that a freedom of choice cannot be had by an agent…

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”…