2007-08-01 18:38:24 · 8 answers · asked by chezatoc 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Free will is like saying "I'll do what I want, and I'm willing to accept the consequences for my actions"
2007-08-01 18:46:44 · answer #1 · answered by freebird 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
...well as I understood by "free will" is making/choosing your own choice. AND IT IS FREEDOM.
The question of free will is whether, and in what sense, rational agents exercise control over their actions and decisions. Addressing this question requires understanding the relation between freedom and cause, and determining whether or not the laws of nature are causally deterministic. The various philosophical positions taken differ on whether all events are determined or not—determinism versus indeterminism—and also on whether freedom can coexist with determinism or not—compatibilism versus incompatibilism. So, for instance, hard determinists argue that the universe is deterministic, and that this makes free will impossible.
The principle of free will has religious, ethical, and scientific implications. For example, in the religious realm, free will may imply that an omnipotent divinity does not assert its power over individual will and choices. In ethics, it may imply that individuals can be held morally accountable for their actions. In the scientific realm, it may imply that the actions of the body, including the brain and the mind, are not wholly determined by physical causality. The question of free will has been a central issue since the beginning of philosophical thought.
2007-08-02 02:09:42 · answer #2 · answered by hazelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean religiously, I've asked myself that same question. Sometimes it feels like a higher power is throwing up their arms and saying "Well, I gave you free will. It's not my fault if you screw it up even though I created you and gave you the free will in the first place."
Maybe free will is just the universe's way of shirking the responsibility of creation. Is the cosmos nothing more than a dead-beat dad?! I mean, even parents are responsible for the crimes of their children if they're underage, free will or not.
Sorry, I didn't really answer your question... I just asked more.
2007-08-03 04:12:23 · answer #3 · answered by Jackie B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free will is the responsibility we all have to make our own decisions, however we do not have the freedom to choose our own consequences. Your free will doesn't mean everyone else is entitled to agree with you or go along with your plan.
2007-08-02 02:14:29 · answer #4 · answered by lila 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's what I think in a poem-ish sort of way...
Free will to think.
Free will to speak.
Free will to believe.
Not free will to make others think like you.
Not free will to make others speak like you.
Not free will to make others believe like you.
There you go, happy birthday...
2007-08-02 01:51:24 · answer #5 · answered by Me Being Me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems that way to me sometimes
2007-08-02 01:57:24 · answer #6 · answered by Mayonaise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing is free
2007-08-02 01:55:50 · answer #7 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free will says, "I have no conscience."
2007-08-02 01:50:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋