do you think you've been created by your environment and its social forces or do you see yourself as an autonomous individual?
2007-10-01 12:08:23 · 6 answers · asked by i'mbeingseriuos 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
To a certain extent we are all products of our environment and the social forces that our parents surround us with. It can't help but form our concept of what life is about, at least while we are young. We reach a certain age and have the ability to change our environment and change how we regard the social forces around us.
It might have been our destiny to be born into a certain family at a certain place and time. But our free will gives us the opportunity to have our destiny be our own in this life.
2007-10-01 12:25:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"no man is an island"
Consider that you posed your question in English. There are very strong social forces in the language. Studies conclusively show that society constantly impacts our decision-making process... of course, these studies are created and performed by sociologists who are directly affected by their results.
You pose the question in an open forum, rife with opportunities for social bias. Hopefully you will get humor.
Autonomous? Consider that the things of self cannot be measured by a society, nor are they subject to the whims and pleasures of a group. They are not shared, so you cannot ask about them, else it becomes a group hug.
Thus, asking another's opinion about their autonomy begs illusion or falsehood.
A better philosophical question for your needs might be something like, "What part do you consider your autonomous self, and what part is molded by social forces?"
2007-10-01 19:29:20 · answer #2 · answered by science_joe_2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're all a product of our environment, but i believe we all have free will even within our environment....perhaps you may call it an illusion that free will exists?
2007-10-01 19:44:35 · answer #3 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the person... if a person cares more about himself and no one else, more or less it's free will. If a person cares more about others, then it's sometimes destiny.
2007-10-01 19:24:00 · answer #4 · answered by NoneOfYourBusiness 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like the idea of compatibilism. little more toward the determinism side.
2007-10-01 19:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by Kitty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both, it's not either or.
2007-10-01 19:17:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋