RE: There Is No Such Thing As Free Will

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There Is No Such Thing As Free Will

in philosophy •  7 years ago 

EVERYTHING is influenced in some way by some external factor, but the will involves how we choose to respond, like playing the hand we are dealt. Free will has to do with choice but just because there are some things outside of our control doesn't negate the fact that we can make choices of our own will.

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How do you know that your will to respond is not influence from yet another factor? If Life has you on a planet with no way to go outside then your "choices" are limited to the things around you. In the same way a prisoner in a cell has a choice to pee in each of the 4 corners of the cells but nowhere else. Our decisions are not are own. They are the aftermath of our interaction with our environment.

Yes. But the point is, we still have choices within whatever realm of limitation there is. Choice is still choice. The fact that the universe has boundaries does not negate that choice exists.

choice does exists. the question is; is it yours?