Why should there be?
Serious question and not for the idiots who just want 2 point - thats so lame :(
2006-12-10 22:28:32 · 6 answers · asked by Longjohn 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Sarah - So you have free will but have restraints.. so how is this free will?
2006-12-10 22:37:51 · update #1
beccy anne - It is about having the ability to choose good? How is that free will?
2006-12-11 00:33:21 · update #2
beccy anne why did you change your name to Et Verbum caro factum est!?
2006-12-11 07:24:20 · update #3
i want two points.
2006-12-10 22:35:54 · answer #1 · answered by nick_chai 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The two things are very different.
Free will is an individual thing. Consequences come usually through the laws of nature or through cultural constructs and laws.
'God' gave us all free will, fair enough. We can all choose to do as we wish. However, we all belong to a larger population and as such we are guided by social and cultural norms that usually impact on our individual behaviours and even set out the consequences for some actions/behaviours.
If you look at the butterfly effect, it's easy to see that just because we have free will, doesn't mean that there are no consequences. Everything we do impacts on something/someone else.
Free will is great, so long as you can abide by the laws and behaviours that are acceptable in you culture and society.
2006-12-11 06:35:02 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't understand.
If we DIDN'T have free will and everything was determined then I could see that one might say that our actions had no consequences.
Because everything was pre-ordained.
But if we have free will then we make choices and things are different because of those choices. So there are consequences.
Why do you think that free will could mean that there are no consequences?
Free will doesn't mean that we can do everything! I can't make myself taller or turn water into wine. Free will means that, out of the things that are possible for us to do we can choose which ones to do. So there are always restraints, natural and societal, but it is still possible that we could have "free will".
2006-12-11 06:35:00 · answer #3 · answered by SteveT 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are truely free to choose good over evil. If you choose evil of course there are consequences, just as there if you choose good.
I believe that free will is not about the ability to do whatever you want. It is about having the ability to choose good.
2006-12-11 07:43:35 · answer #4 · answered by MrsC 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's odd how 'free will' and to 'free wheel' ( as on a bicycle ) sound so similar, and have the same consequences if you don't gently apply the brakes when neccessary..... ;~)
2006-12-11 06:44:42 · answer #5 · answered by dawn 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
we do have free will but we must also be protected. and we choose the parliament who put laws in place to protect us and force consequence for crimes.
if there were no consequences then people would not be safe. there has to be a democracy and societal laws.
2006-12-11 06:35:55 · answer #6 · answered by Helen 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋