2007-02-15 01:29:03 · 15 answers · asked by lonesome me 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
well of course it begs the question
2007-02-15 05:10:22 · update #1
Not if woman has anything to do with it.
2007-02-15 01:32:10 · answer #1 · answered by Elana 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Man can not properly answer this, what he does not know for sure. It would depend on your beliefs, faith or lack of. It goes into the question do you believe we have a soul or spirit too. If life is about choices and changes then that includes free will. If you were enslaved for example, that would limit your amount of free will, because another human forced his will on you. If you committed suicide given the chance in that situation, that defeats the whole purpose in life, but at least you made a choice, so my guess is yes, freewill is a part of human existence. In your thought process lies intelligence, with intelligence comes questions. If you ask inside your mind a question, that spark to seek or give an answer is free will, don't you agree?
2007-02-15 09:49:54 · answer #2 · answered by AJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Destined" begs the question. In any case, the will is not free, as any schoolchild knows who has tried to levitate a pencil by will power alone. If the will were free, a person who didn't like math could just "choose" to like it. Doing whatever you like doesn't mean you have free will unless you can "just choose" what you like. Often, usually, what you like has been chosen for you by the TV you watch.
2007-02-15 10:10:43 · answer #3 · answered by Philo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man was destined to have free will. Only religion created rules to control man.
Thought for the day, On the sixth day god greated man and rested, then he created woman and ever since no man has ever rested
2007-02-15 09:37:40 · answer #4 · answered by STEPHEN S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes,and that should be one of the biggest burdens we were given to carry all the time.
Free will doesnt give us the right to express ALL of our wants freely,instead,it starts by tighting us will all sorts of obligations,responsabilities that we should consider very carefully.
Many of us see freedom as the most beautiful thing that it can ever happen to us,but in reality ,it s the hardest test,that we should pass and prove our existence within the people.It is a prove of power that everyone of us has,and when it manifests,it revolutions the world,into a better place.
2007-02-15 09:36:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nice Paradox. You have overlooked an option. Free will vs. determinism is only one aspect of the indeterminism vs. determinism argument.
Free will is one for of indeterministic ontology. Another form (which I happen to believe) is strict indeterminism. In this model either the laws of the universe or the state of the universe is fundamentally unknown and therefore the future is indetermined.
This argument is useless anyway because it seems we have determination therefore we must act as if we do.
2007-02-15 11:17:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion yes, Man was destined to have free will. I could not imagine it any other way.
2007-02-15 09:56:40 · answer #7 · answered by Tiffany L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a fascinating question: If free will is destined (by whom, one might ask) is that not predetermination?
2007-02-15 09:32:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Destiny is what you make of it... and so is free will.
How do you define free will? We obviously have the illusion of free will... is this illusion real? Does it matter how 'real' real is? Not really. So just sit back and relax and enjoy the ride.
2007-02-15 09:35:16 · answer #9 · answered by fail r us 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why else would we have a brain. We have self awareness, self preservation. Why not free will?
2007-02-15 09:33:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes - that we have Free Agency/Free Will is all part of the Lord's plan for us.
2007-02-15 09:32:18 · answer #11 · answered by lifesajoy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋