Are We Free to Make Our Own Choices?

Are We Free to Make Our Own Choices?

Pre-destination can often bring up the

question as to whether we as humans

control our own actions. Are we free to

make our own choices, or is everything we

do pre-determined by a supernatural being

of some sort? Is it safe to say that we

are responsible for our own choices? Do

we own a free will that allows us to

choose our life path, or are our actions

pre-determined, making our exertions

useless? In a society that believes in a

God who is in control of our lives, this

is a difficult question and problem to

discuss. But through a series of

questions, arguments, and examinations I

hope to influence you that we do have a

free will and are quite able to make our

own choices.

To begin to answer the questions stated

in my introduction, we must first cut the

fat off the widely used definition of

choice. Defining choice in this

situation can be a difficult task. One

must be careful in using this word. A

popular definition of choice could be a

mental process through which an

individual weighs the consequences of

their actions to create an ideal image of

their preference to the outcome of their

actions. But, when you look at this

definition you see that it suggests that

someone who fails to carefully analyze

their actions doesn抰 actually make

choices. Can we assume by this

definition that choices are free? I

believe we can say yes because according

to this definition if we do carefully

analyze our actions we create the outcome

that we choose. On the other hand some

people may say no. They may say that if

we do not reflect carefully on our

actions, we are not taking responsibility

for them, leaving the cause of the action

to some other force. So, in essence, I

believe that answering yes to the

definition above is valid卋ut wait a

minute.

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