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My question is 'a free individual can only exercise free will'. We necessarily depends upon many for fulfilling our needs.For instance, parents, brothers, wife, children, friends, collegues, driver, dry cleaner, waiters in restaurants, etc. We are not able to stop the thinking mind. It runs always endlessly. The external influences of the outer world plus the internal influences, viz., desires, anger, emotion, aim of life, economy, comforts make you crazy. In addition society, etiquette, religious beliefs etc bear their influence upon you. With all these can you assert you are free and possess a 'free will' to stear you. without any influence or affluence.

2007-04-03 23:06:29 · 11 answers · asked by nagarajan s 4 in Social Science Psychology

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Nature provides us some possible choices, keeping in view our environments, our past karma, our samskaras and our destiny.

We, bound by a matrix of energies, select one of the choices presented by Nature to us..... and then Cry... voila We have free Will.

This selection among the choices, may be called free will, whereas it is actually not.

2007-04-04 01:42:00 · answer #1 · answered by ۞Aum۞ 7 · 6 0

The concepts of free will & determinism became obsolete early in the 20th century, with the advent of quantum physics, but, like a belief in astrology, black holes, or god/s, still have many adherents in the modern world. Everything that can possibly happen, happens: we only get to see one outcome unfold in this universe. It is possible to live a totally solitary existance, and some few choose to do just that. When someone practices meditation diligently, for long enough, they may become capable of stopping thinking, and simply experiencing, without the constantly running internal dialogue that most people experience.

2007-04-03 23:45:29 · answer #2 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 0 0

I believe you are putting personal independence or dependence and free will in the same category. Free will means you have the "ability" to chose your actions. Even if you choose to stay with family because of security it is still a option or a choice. Situational conflict may push our decisions or influence them, but it does not take the ability to choose away. Sometimes it makes choosing the right action or deed harder. If I point a gun at your head and tell you get on the floor, the situation your in may make it hard for you to do anything but comply, but you still have the choice to refuse. Even if that choice is not reasonable or even intelligent.

2007-04-03 23:16:19 · answer #3 · answered by mark g 6 · 1 0

I like this question. I was watching this program on TV (behind bars its called i think). what i think is, freedom is relative. Its not static and its not universal. For example I from another country and what we regard as being free is different from what an american considers free.


Even in America I realise that there is a huge disparity in freedom, which is dependent upon your zipcode.

More than anything else it is dependent upon the individual and how that person was brought up and what is expected of that individual in comparison to what is expected of other members in that society

2007-04-03 23:18:30 · answer #4 · answered by lazazeen 3 · 0 0

Free will simply means that we have the freedom to make our own choices and decisions for ourselves. Yes, there are outside influences, but the decision still is up to you. Of course, I am talking about when you are of age to think for yourself. It's about the choices you make every day. You decide whether to hang out with the good crowd or the bad crowd. You decide to be nice to people or to be rude. No matter how much we try to blame others for our lives, we ultimately make our own choices and decisions. That is free will.

2007-04-04 01:07:23 · answer #5 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 0 0

Being utterly "free" and having "free will" are NOT the same thing.

To be totally free you would need to have absolute control over everything else. Which would arguably mean you were still controlled - by the duties arising from being in control.

Free will, on the other and, is about you and what goes on between your ears.
As someone rather neatly put it -

"You cannot always determine what happens to you in this life, but you can always choose how you will respond to it."

2007-04-03 23:15:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

The question was am I really free without depending on anybody (my beloved husband) or any thing. Do I still have free will?

Yes I do. I can end it all if I choose. I can be self-destructive. I can take a long walk off a short pier. I am the commander of my ship and the captain of my soul. @8-]

2007-04-04 00:27:37 · answer #7 · answered by Dovey 7 · 1 0

But we still have a choice. We can depend on people or not. Humans just like to take the easy way. Its like not getting up to change the T.V. channel manually or using a remote.
We may USE other people to our own ends but it is a decision we make.
If some one says: I'm going to shoot you if you don't help me rob a bank----its your choice........rob the bank or be shot.
Most people would help rob the bank. Not because they were going to get shot but out of fear of the pain and death of being shot.But they decide.
If you think about it....No matter what we do , it always involves a decision-choice-for the out come.

2007-04-03 23:21:31 · answer #8 · answered by Dixie 6 · 0 0

The solutions are everywhere in the map, and all are both "valid" (or invalid), because heaven, as a very imaginary position or state of being, is a form of content fabric-loose psychological projective try, like an empty room that non secular believers can beautify and provide with in spite of stuff they choose.

2016-12-03 06:23:39 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Humans have to socialise. Even animals do. Absolute freedom is permissiveness.

2007-04-04 15:11:46 · answer #10 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0 0

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