2007-09-10 18:15:20 · 14 answers · asked by . 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Freewill is the exercise of choice in the face of opposition.
Given the thumbs down I have received, perhaps I should elaborate: Our freewill is generally an automatic response. Not being in servitude, we exercise our freewill in hundreds of ways every day. It is only in the face of opposition that our exercise of freewill is conspicuous; sometimes it requires courage to assert our freewill.
2007-09-10 18:35:55 · answer #1 · answered by Jack B, sinistral 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Free will is the nonscientific theory that humans control their actions. The only purpose I've heard was that it is a good excuse to torture people . OK I'll be fair, people use it as part of religious doctrine and some people for some reason want to think they have free will. Free Will is currently a myth even if many don't admit it...it has no evidence. Not a tad, not a bit, none. None. Go look for yourself I've looked for years and years, still...none.
2007-09-10 18:34:14 · answer #2 · answered by Someone 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Freewill basically means that people think they have an actual choice and that they can decide. This is open to much debate, imo. But, hey, let people live happy.
2016-04-04 01:33:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Wikipedia: 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 relationship between freedom and cause, and determining whether or not the laws of nature are causally deterministic.
2007-09-10 18:20:31 · answer #4 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The choice is always free will or enslavement. If you have no choices, you are enslaved. Held against your will.
Free will is freedom. You ask what's its purpose? Well, if we have to get down to actually explaining that one: it's purpose is the human experience. We are all born with the desire to be free.
Some never experience it and so have no idea what it is. It's wonderful to have it. It's the greatest of experience, this free will thing.
2007-09-10 19:20:51 · answer #5 · answered by judysbookshop 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Freewill is our ability and freedom to make our own choices. When exercising our freewill, we must also accept responsibility for our own decisions, however great or small they are. We must also accept the consequences of our decisions, whether good or bad.
EDIT: nosnod: Sorry you got that thumb's down--it's from my TD fairy who tries not to be obvious (which is why you got it instead of me), but I'm on to them. (((nosnod)))
2007-09-10 18:40:02 · answer #6 · answered by beano™ 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
we have choices that sometimes make a difference some rhetoric fool just coined the name freewill for the sake of supernatural and superstitious convictions .
2007-09-10 18:23:52 · answer #7 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freewill is like freedom. through it man can make his own choices and decisions.
Example: to believe in God or not...
2007-09-10 19:13:12 · answer #8 · answered by chan-chan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Free will is an idea we use to explain our behavior and the behavior of others because we are not capable of understanding the full complexity of causality. I simply don't understand how we can truly have free will in a causal universe.
2007-09-10 18:23:31 · answer #9 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, here's the stripped-down version: Free Will is the ability to do however you please. You act however you want to act. But you also face the consequences of your actions--at least, you're held accountable for them.
If you want to add meat to the bones of this idea, consult any given religion that dictates God has given Free Will to us. They'll tell you all they want you to know. Different faiths, different takes.
2007-09-11 00:31:07 · answer #10 · answered by writersblock73 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋