Fate Versus Free Will
What determines the course of our lives? Is it fate? Is our lives path predetermined by a higher power? Or is it free will? Are we masters of our own destinies in a random universe? What happens when people choose fate over free will or if they choose free will over fate. Philosophers and religious figures have been having the-fate versus free will-debate for centuries. Is it because they think fate or free will is the better way to live. How do we create our own destiny and fulfill our life’s purpose if we don’t know whether we are governed by fate or free will?
Nothing really happens when people choose fate instead of free will because fate is when they believe in a God then they will likely believe that God is responsible
Their wills, which are believed to be freely gained, are actually the result of a causal chain originating from birth. The fact that humans are governed by their genes and environment means that the ability to make moral decisions as free agents is illusory. For these reasons, the hard determinist position, which is a sound, science-based theory, seems to be incompatible with the concept of free will.
What is the idea of destiny in today’s society? How does it compare to Ancient Greece Society? Today, it can be seen as a minor thing, and people don’t think about it. In Ancient Greece, destiny was seen as a major part of their lives, and they even go to great lengths to fulfill their destiny the gods have set. In Sophocles’ work, Oedipus Rex is described as a loyal king, helping the people of Thebes, but once he loses track of his mission, his arrogance to follow the will of fate brings his downfall.
Fate is the belief that something is destined to happen by a more godly figure and free will is the belief that it is not suppose to happen but
A popular debate that dangles over our heads is free will verses determinism? Is our destiny determined by choice or circumstance? Personally, I believe it is a smidgen of both, but overall choice trumps circumstance.
Fate and free will are two topics that are often questionable because they go hand in hand. Fate is a belief that a certain event is said to happen, then that person's choice and free will lead them to what has been predicted as inevitable. Knowing whether something is fate’s fault or the fault of the person who’s going to enact the said action, is one question that has never been fully answered. In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Shakespeare's Macbeth, fate is determined by their own choices and free will, the character Macbeth knows of what lies ahead of him, making him alter the present to create his idealistic future, however instead he lives a life of ruins. As for Oedipus his entire actions are based on one prophecy he desperately
Yet after his encounter with the witches, his mind was going back and forth trying to figure out how he should act upon the prophecy of becoming king! It was by then that the idea of fate had been planted into his head, and with such good title to come with it, why wouldn’t he want to believe his ‘fate’? Something that I found very interesting about the witches was that looking closely at line 24-25 when one of the witches says, "Though his bark cannot be lost, yet it shall be tempest-tossed." From what I seemed to understand, these lines seemed to really show the limitations to the witches’ powers, because they were basically saying that they could only make life rough for the clueless captain, but they could not kill him. I think that this is really important to all the people who thought that the witches had ‘written out’ Macbeth’s fate because in the same way as the previous stated scene they can tempt Macbeth with predictions about his future, but they cannot make him choose evil. Meaning that in this scene, one of the conflicts is obviously fate vs. free will! All the witches really did was find a way of stirring up evil, by tempting Macbeth into choosing to opt for evil instead of good. “If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, without my stir.” (Act 1. Scene iii. Line 10). Here, Macbeth seems content to leave his future to "chance." If "chance" will have
collapse is the only outcome that can result which was exactly what was witnessed in the 5th century when Rome met its demise. The debasement of currency which resulted in excessive coin hoarding and hyperinflation most assuredly caused many of the economic problems in the Roman empire. The denarius, the standard Roman currency, was first reduced from 95% silver to 90% silver by the emperor Nero as a means of paying for his Domum Aurium, his palace (Barlett). The reduction in mass percentage of silver per denarius coin allows for an overall increase in the amount of circulating currency by an amount equal to the mass reduction, id est a 5% decrease in silver content increases the amount of circulating denarius by 5%.
Fate seems to defy humanity at every turn. A man may have his life planned out to the last second, but then some random force intervenes and he dies the second after he has completed his life plan. Some believe in fate, believing that our lives are predetermined from the moment we are born. Other people believe that everything is random, the result of some god rolling the dice in a universal poker game. Still other people believe that each and every person is in total control of his or her destiny, every step of the way. Who is to say which viewpoint is false? Every culture has a unique perception of the role of fate in our lives, and no group has the "right answer," simply a
Destiny can be described as a situation like finding your “soulmate” or the love of your life. When really it’s a choice who you love. It’s a choice who your friends are. None of these things happen purely out of destiny. They come from decisions; or choices made. As life goes on, different choices are made and the future becomes more clear. Giving time to decide whether to follow the path you are on or change its
Fate, as described in the Oxford English Dictionary, is “The principle, power, or agency by which, according to certain philosophical and popular systems of belief, all events, or some events in particular, are unalterably predetermined from eternity.” To the western world, fate is perceived as “a sentence or doom of the gods” (Oxford). They often sought prophecies of the gods, especially from Apollo, the god of knowledge. The Greeks would seek prophecies usually when they had doubts about something, or if they were afraid or in despair. When the gods made a prophecy, the Greeks put all their faith in it and believed that it would happen. When their prophecies did come true, was it really fate that
After contrasting Okonkwo’s greatness with his father’s meekness, Achebe dives into the mind of Okonkwo in order to establish the theme of fate vs free will. This moment is very important in the narrative, as it shows Okonkwo’s determination to rise up and become prosperous ultimately comes from his fear of confronting fate. A paradox occurs as Okonkwo, a man of natural will, is compromising his well-being and true self in order to fight fate.
The idea about free will and fate is still unsolved and debatable throughout the world. Some claim that humans have their own power to create their own destiny, however, others argue that they are inescapable victims of fate. The novel, Things Fall Apart, portrays the relationship between human’s determination to succeed and his or her own fate by describing Okonkwo as a tragic figure. While Okonkwo believes that he can overcome his fate through his hard work, Chinua Achebe reveals that fate is a powerful, inevitable event in the novel.
Ethical Framework According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, there are currently three major approaches in normative ethics – the approach based on an individual’s morals and values (or Virtue Ethics), the approach based on one’s duties and obligations (Deontology), and the approach based on consequences of one’s actions (Consequentialism) (Hursthouse and Pettigrove, 2016). In this paper I will examine all three approaches individually and then unpack how they each influence my personal professional decision making process. Virtue Ethics Virtues are attitudes, principles, or character traits that enable individuals to act in morally desirable ways. In Virtue Ethics, ethicists such as Velasquez, Andre, Shanks, and Meyer (1988), believe that “there are certain ideals, such as excellence or dedication to the common good, toward which we should strive and which will allow the full development of our humanity.”
fate or determinism and say this was all planned out from the beginning of time knowing some things in nature happen randomly--
In many application areas, the wireless sensor network must be able to operate for long periods of time, and the energy consumption of both individual sensor nodes and the sensor network as a whole is most important. Thus energy consumption is an important issue for wireless sensor networks. Figure 1 shows the architecture of wireless sensor network. It consists of one sink node (or base station) and a (large) number of sensor nodes deployed over a