Free Will: Impact Between Two Opposite Perspectives

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.

Arguments concerning the influence of Fate over Free Will, and vice versa, are not unique to our post-Enlighten mindset. Some of the greatest thinkers of all time, such as Aristotle or Plato, dealt directly with this issue in their numerous commentaries that we still look at today. Even within our Bibles we see Fate and Free Will actively playing roles within the famed stories and lives included in both the Old and New Testament. It’s not surprising, then, when we see similar themes relating to these concepts come up within fictional or mythical works originating from the same period. One of the works that these issues are most evident within is Homer’s famed poem, The Odyssey. All throughout the play, you see the characters at the mercy

“There’s no insecurity, and you realise you almost sound desperate” Serena creased inside as she realised that is almost how she had come across in the build up to her attempts to land the CEO job. “I don’t have feelings for you, I never have. I’m not going to Rome with you, and diamonds are really not my thing, you would know that if you ‘loved’ me.”

Many scientists reject the idea of free will and determinism. Many neuroscientists and psychologists think that free will is an illusion. Neuroscientists believe that the brain makes the decisions before us, when making a decision. When we act, the decision we make is causally effective. Brain activity however, is also causally effective. Neuroscientist Benjamin Libet argued that the brain tells the body what to do about a half-second before we feel an urge to do it. He argued that we have to drastically revise our ideas about free will. Libet believed we have free will in a very narrow sense. We can restrain or initiate a brain’s command to the body. But we only have about a tenth of a second to do that. John-Dylan Haynes did a similar experiment

Bringing her body back to his level, she kissed his and mumbled inaudible words, until the kisses deepened, gripping onto his shoulders as one of Ric’s had slid on to her neck and the other to her inner thigh. Serena felt her body feel too weak to continue; she was overwhelmed with the experience and from here Ric thrusted from below her until the orgasmic end; releasing him from her body, she remained upon his as she rested her chest against his and in a breathless whisper, she asked, "Tell me you’re glad I came"

Free will is the freedom to chose. It is aiming to act in what you think is best for you. Free will includes man acting as their own agent and making the choices of whether or not to do

Free will determines my life because I have the power to chose what I want to do with my life. I can choose to get bad grades and not have a successful career. Disobeying my parents and getting in trouble is part of having free will. Choosing the right decisions when faced with a tough situation is a part of my free will. Or vice versa if I were to work hard on the assignments that where given to me I would be rewarded handsomely. I believe that everything we do in our lives has been decided by our own actions, no external force has played a role in our lives we are the outcome of our own lives.

Amaimon stirred ever so slightly at his voice and for that Mephisto was thankful, despite his gentle whispers he wasn't sure if he could bare to be awake without his husband. To let his eyes wander and catch on every blood stain that littered the floor. His brother sounded tired, but not only in a way that spoke of how he'd been up all night and well into morning. No, he sounded world weary, weighed down by the stress of the past day, hurt deeply. The earth king's breathing changed as he awoke, turning into a more steady rhythm as his body shook off sleep. His blue eyes fluttered open, peering at him, speaking softly. Mephisto gave a gentle smile, meeting that startlingly blue. He thought for a moment about how beautiful he was, even with

Some people believe that no matter what a person does in their life, it will ultimately have no effect on the outcome ofa it. Existentialists find this to be true because they believe that no matter what they ever do, they will always die. Existentialists link the inevitability of death to the idea that there is no higher power. Additionally, existentialists hold the belief that no one should allow society to control how they live their life. Writer Albert Camus uses many existentialist themes his works like The Stranger and “The Guest”. The protagonists in both stories demonstrate existentialist beliefs in their actions. As a result, many existentialist ideas can be seen throughout out both novels. Camus uses the paradox of free will in order to illustrate the inevitability of death for everyone as well as the idea that in order to obtain free will, a person must reject society and face exile.

Down in the depths of the ocean, in the places light could not touch lived dreadful things.

There is a lot of terms out there who make us who we are there is self-esteem, self-efficacy, there is terms like morals who teach us right from wrong no matter what each one these mean they all decide what kind of person we are.

This Reaper will lack memory of their human life and those from the Reaper they were before. As for the person, they will not remember being told.”

In order to answer the question, "How do we reconcile our free will with the sovereignty and determination of God?" successfully, we must first define the terms free will and predestination. In reference to the subject of salvation, free will means man's ability to choose the way to salvation or not. Basically, it is man's ability to choose God without God's help. On the other hand, predestination refers to the fact that God has chosen before the foundation of the world those whom He wishes to save and those whom He wishes to condemn. In other words, man is chosen to be saved by God, not for anything that he does, but simply because the Lord has chosen him for His good pleasure. Although it may seem simple at first, this question of free will versus predestination is really not that easy to unravel.

hat had he done to deserve a fate like this? I can’t bear all this at one time.

Casual determinism put simply, is the theory that all things happen for a particular reason and everything is predetermined. It is the idea all the events in one’s life can be explained, and each event has a particular reason for being. If everything is predetermined, then this therefore suggests that the future is fixed which further suggests that we can possibly predict the behavior of things. The theory of determinism ultimately suggests that we don’t the capacity to have free will because all future events are destined to occur, and furthermore we do not posses the knowledge to figure out whether it can be proved true or false (Hoefer). There has been three positions that have developed concerning the theory of causal determinism: hard determinist, compatibilist or soft determinist, and compatibilist.