RE: There Is No Such Thing As Free Will

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There Is No Such Thing As Free Will

in philosophy •  8 years ago 

Thanks, great insights. Just want to add a little bit to the topic. The role of desires in ones development process and their choices. The desire is a great force that impacts my current perception of the reality and defines my behavior. I cannot control my desires by myself, but these to a large extend are defined by environment and society that surround me and define the choices I make and preferences I have. In addition to animate differentiation of good and bad (sweet/ sour, pleasant/ painful etc.) which define my desires at animate level, I also have social desires, which are commonly much more influential on my behavior, than those of animate. From this stand of point, I may change myself by changing my environment (society), this provides me a narrow gap for intentional changes (free will). At the same time, the factors that would define the desire to change the environment are likely to be predefined as well. However, maybe if group of people with different needs, would come together and will try to generate a new desire, not based on ones ego, we potentially could become creators of new state, which previously was not present and so to attain free will.

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