Philosophy Blog: FREE WILL

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

@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

there is no god

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?

Most of them have.
They just disagree with each other.

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