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Philosophy Blog: FREE WILL

Put on your thinking cap, King Arthur. We are going to deal with one of my favorite topics, Free Will vs. Determisim vs. Fatalism.  
 
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thegreatestchallenge (8 months ago) Show Hide
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if there's free-will why would anyone choose evil, which is something not good? Why would any1 purposely choose that which is not good over that which is good? If he's too weak to choose good then is it his fault that he's weak, and if he can choose to be strong why wouldn't he do that which is supposedly better than weak?
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the reason that person turns to evil is because of factors throughout his life that he does not control. like his family for example. If as a child he is brought up by parents who steel he might grow up to steel but it is up to him what he decides to do. it is not that he is week but the decisions he makes. and some people are mentally ill can not help to be evil
CplDrew (3 days ago) Show Hide
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@ozzygp11, I think ozzy gp has the right sort of idea, i personally belive determisim is the more likely theory, tho i can not say for sure. it is more likely, genetics and the environment a child is raised in, determine not only the perception of good and evil, but the choice the child would more likely choose. for example your idea of good and evil will most likely vary alot from another person with a different background. good and evil are after all, a meer point of view shared by a no of ppl
thatadamthing (8 months ago) Show Hide
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I don't believe in free will " 'God' does not play dice "
uber0wn3r (8 months ago) Show Hide
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there is no god
changestation (9 months ago) Show Hide
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"It's not any of the Jacksons really"

lol Dry humor. Me likey...
Hyardacil (9 months ago) Show Hide
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Heh, Firstly because instinct, emotion and bias are also part of the objective universe!
Secondly, none of the great philosophers gave up. So neither should we.
And as I ceep repeating... there are always agreeable parts.
Even the fact that we can agree that an apple is an apple and it is in fact "there" is a big achievement when you think about it.
vidsofgargator (9 months ago) Show Hide
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You might be right but it still doesn't take any philosophy (or at least much) to identify the existence of an apple. Agreeing on things further burrows us into the pit of certainty; this is perhaps the greatest threat to the human search for truth. Because the more you think you know it all the less you try to learn. Sciences are supposed to be rigorously tested... how can you test human free will versus human determinism? And why haven't philosophers come to any conclusion on the subject?
Hyardacil (9 months ago) Show Hide
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Most of them have.
They just disagree with each other.
Enleuk (8 months ago) Show Hide
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agreeing on things is important in practical life. and you never stop learning new things, but then again you can never fit entire universe in your brain, you will always have a simplified truth inside your head, but thats not a problem if we a) realize its not the truth, b) have a common understanding usable in practice

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