2007-01-23 16:13:54 · 11 answers · asked by Subconsciousless 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I think it depends on what you mean by control. Do you mean, "which of those two determines how your life will turn out" in an objective sense. Or do you mean, "Which one affects your experience of life" in a subjective sense.
I think that circumstances have the greatest control over whether or not you will be living in a cozy mansion eating three warm meals a day at the age of 65. I think conscious will determines if you'll be happy with such an arrangement.
2007-01-23 16:52:25 · answer #1 · answered by Barth E 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
circumstances every time. yeah free choice is nice but what good would free choice be if you come from a life of poverty and live in a third world country and everyone you know is poor as you. You have no advantages. You have no skills. Even if you had skills the good jobs would go to people with the connections.
Philippines or Mexico? Land of cronies and graft.
Yes, circumstances would put you in a first world country with a middle class or upper class family who have clout. Its not what you know its who you know. Unless you are one of the lucky ones who is good in sports or a genius.
2007-01-23 16:23:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
free will can make you destroy dire circumstances, just the same good circumstances can be shunned due to a lack of will.
It depends on your will, and on the circumstances, they are inter-related. But free will, is more powerful if you use it wisely. This wisdom can either come from experience, someone from outside, or inside intuition
2007-01-23 16:21:04 · answer #3 · answered by zack u 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have free will within the circumstances we are born into.
2007-01-23 20:44:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think both are irrelevant if opportunity is not there.
For example: I'm in the second floor of a burning of an office building (circumstance), I want to jump out (free will), there is no windows or doors leading out and any stairwells down are blocked by fire (opportunity).
2007-01-23 16:35:18 · answer #5 · answered by othaphish 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you say free will, you must include the free will of not just yourself, but the free will of everyone else as well because somone else's free will creates YOUR life's circumstances. Everyone is exerting their divine right all over everbody else all the time and all you can do is react.
I think they're both one and the same, with equivocal power over us and we are all part of one big "good news/bad news" joke.
2007-01-23 16:35:13 · answer #6 · answered by LolaCorolla 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how inclusive "circumstances" are. In the final analysis, there is no free will.
2007-01-23 16:19:10 · answer #7 · answered by Sophist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you only have free will if you are born into circumstances that allow it.
2007-01-23 16:18:01 · answer #8 · answered by jourdepaye 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Free will, You can choose to not stay in a bad situation once you're old enough to get out.
2007-01-23 17:23:24 · answer #9 · answered by BIGDAWG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a combination of both.
2007-01-23 16:36:05 · answer #10 · answered by Marcelo Halmen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋