Should Free Will Be Free?

In this paper I will present an argument against free will and then I will defend a response to that argument. Free will is defined as having the ability to make our own choices. Some will argue that all of our decisions have already been dictated by our desires therefore we never actually truly make our own choices. The purpose of this paper is to defend the argument that we have free will by attacking the premise that states we have no control over what we desire. I will defeat this premise by showing how one does have control over his/her desires through the idea of self-control. I will then defend my argument against likely rebuttals that state that there is still no way to control our desires proving that we do have free will.

The question of free will has been a never ending discussion by philosophers and ordinary everyday people for decades. In this paper I will be analyzing the case of Ethan couch, a 16 year old boy accused of manslaughter under the influence of alcohol, from the three different viewpoints of free will; a hard determinist, a compatibilist and a libertarian. Then I will discuss which view I agree best with under the specific conditions of this case.

In the continuing philosophical debate of free will versus determinism, the question arises as to whether or not free will exists. Do people really have the capability of making decisions on their own? OR Is life already determined, and whatever we do is (and always was) the only thing that we could have done at that time, conditions being what they were? Given the circumstances in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, I would argue that, while free

Are we free thinking creatures? One question is usually on the minds of anybody who has ever had that thought; do we have free will or is everything determined by fate? Its my personal belief that you can't have one without the other. Your fate is determined before you are ever born,but it’s your decisions and choices that ultimately decide how you read that fate. Macbeth, The Odyssey, and Oedipus are all works that show how one’s fate is reached using free will.

It also depends on how we explain free will; free will in this case is how one acts out on their own will. Our genetics can determine how we can act. When our

Do we humans have control of our lives destiny or are humans controlled by outside forces? In conclusion, freewill is what determines someone’s destiny because everything you do reflects you and the people around you. There are paths in life and you choose what path you want to go

Temptation, as an omnipresent force, possesses the capacity to dictate one 's life. Drawing the line between good and evil, these desires for destruction have the ability to take utter control or linger within the shadows. Manifesting from within, or as an exterior component, the darkness within feeds on the destruction of humanity, stealing peoples ' innocence. It is within the human condition to formulate decisions and to purposefully chose between right and wrong. Character is defined by the actions of humanity including their ability to choose, and take accountability for such choices. Within Harper Lee 's To Kill a Mockingbird and William Golding 's Lord of the Flies, the authors explore the essence of free will and its ramification amongst both good and bad characters.

Many people have wondered whether our lives are destined right when were born or do we have the freewill to choose our own destiny. In my opinion, our lives are driven by free will because things happen based on the choices you choose and they may not be destined to happen. For example, whether you choose to go to school or not it is your free will on whether or not to go. It’s not destiny for you to miss school. Life applies to free will because the choices in life you make focus on what you want the outcome of your future will be and how you want your choices to affect those around you.

I do believe that humans have free will to make their decisions. However, those decisions may be based on their personal environment, circumstances, unbringing and maybe even education. Each individual is responsible for

The Bible abounds with illustrations of this free will. This is seen in the sins of the Adam family. Both Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden tree of knowledge of good and evil. Their sons chose what sacrifice to bring to God. Cain killed Abel through choice. The free will was there when the Ark was built when eight souls were invited to come in, graciously saved while the world laughed salvation away, and was brought to destruction. The exercise of the will is shown when Noah became drunk, when Lot chose a worldly life,

Whether we have free will is widely controversial. The absence of a universal definition poses a primary problem to this question. In this essay, I shall base my argument on a set of three conditions for free will: 1) that the actor is unconstraint in his action, 2) the actor could have acted otherwise and 3) the actor must be ‘ultimately responsible’ (Kane, 2005: 121) for his action. After I have explained them, I shall apply these conditions to three scenarios that cover most, if not any, circumstances that occur when taking choices. The purpose of this essay is to show that if my conditions are true, none of the scenarios is based on free will and thus we do not have free will.

What does it mean to have free will? To have free will means that you have control of a certain power and that no one would judge you by the decisions and actions you make. This is because there is literally no wrong answer, you do what is right and just. All that matters is that individuals are responsible for the choices they make to benefit their own well being.

Oxford English dictionary defines free will as “the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion”. Free will, do we have it yes or no. I think that in a small sense, yes everyone does I think that you can choose to eat a salad instead of a piece cake or to turn in your paper on time and things like that. Since I believe there is “small free will” I should explain what I consider to be “big free will”. I believe that there is one thing in our lives that people have to choose which is Jesus or not Jesus. I think that’s our big free will, but I don’t believe we have it. I believe in election that means God chooses you. I believe this mainly because it’s spread out through the bible, not

     Free will is one of the features that separates us as humans from animals and allows us to attain intelligent thought and reasoning. Of course, all of the features mentioned are unique to humans; the ability to exercise free will enables us to engage in all

There are many great philosophical ideas and questions that are known and of course unknown. One of the questions that really enticed my interest was the question of whether or not we have free will. I myself was once a believer of people having free will and doing what I want was my choice and my choice alone. However, after careful consideration and lectures I have been reversed in how I believe in free will. Is there any free will though? Many people would say yes there is and of course there are some who believe that free will is a fallacy and not to be believed. Whether or not there is free will is yet to be determined but what we have to go on and by is from philosophers and every person who has their two cents to fill in. In