Compatibilism: Determinism And Free Will
Compatibilism
Is it possible to act freely if all of our decisions were already predetermined? This interesting question is connected to the most discussed philosophical question. Every philosopher wants to know, “Do human beings ever act freely?” Incompatibilist and compatibilist have been going back and forth about it for years. Compatibilist believe that determinism and free will can both exist. In this paper, we will define determinism, free will, compatibilism, and incompatiblism. I will show how the incompatibilist are right. I am an incompatibilist because I believe determinism and free will cannot coexist since determinism eradicates free will and the purpose of life.
Determinism is the idea that all your choices are ultimately caused …show more content…
Free will is the ability to act freely, make our own decisions, and do or not do whatever we want. We act according to our own will based on our decisions. There are two senses of free will. One meaning is that if your actions include coercion, compulsion, and/or massive ignorance of the situation or action, then free will is not being carried out. The other sense is a deeper metaphysical way of looking at free will, which is that there are many different factors that go into our decision-making, but we still have the ability to choose, not choose, and/or choose the way we want with no interference. If thought in this way, it seems like determinism and free will are variances because if our choices and actions are all predetermined, we do not have the choice to choose differently.
Compatibilism is often also referred to as soft determinism. Compatibilism is the position that states determinism and free will can coexist, if determinism is true. They do not mind following a chain of events, they believe they still have the ability to act freely. Compatibilist believe your choices are free when there is nothing to prevent you from acting on your …show more content…
It is not possible for determinism and free will to be compatible. Determinism existing is like living life as a puppet, which is similar to when another philosopher, Nagel stated, “If I thought that everything I did was determined by my circumstances and my psychological condition, I would feel trapped. And if I thought the same about everybody else, I would feel that they were like a lot of puppets”(203). Nagel seems to be an incompatibilist also because nobody wants to be or feel trapped by circumstances they did not even get to choose. The incompatibilist are right because determinism takes away the point of life, which is to live our own life and make our own
Is it possible to act freely if all of our decisions were already predetermined? This interesting question is connected to the most discussed philosophical question. Every philosopher wants to know, “Do human beings ever act freely?” Incompatibilist and compatibilist have been going back and forth about it for years. Compatibilist believe that determinism and free will can both exist. In this paper, we will define determinism, free will, compatibilism, and incompatiblism. I will show how the incompatibilist are right. I am an incompatibilist because I believe determinism and free will cannot coexist since determinism eradicates free will and the purpose of life.
Determinism is the idea that all your choices are ultimately caused …show more content…
Free will is the ability to act freely, make our own decisions, and do or not do whatever we want. We act according to our own will based on our decisions. There are two senses of free will. One meaning is that if your actions include coercion, compulsion, and/or massive ignorance of the situation or action, then free will is not being carried out. The other sense is a deeper metaphysical way of looking at free will, which is that there are many different factors that go into our decision-making, but we still have the ability to choose, not choose, and/or choose the way we want with no interference. If thought in this way, it seems like determinism and free will are variances because if our choices and actions are all predetermined, we do not have the choice to choose differently.
Compatibilism is often also referred to as soft determinism. Compatibilism is the position that states determinism and free will can coexist, if determinism is true. They do not mind following a chain of events, they believe they still have the ability to act freely. Compatibilist believe your choices are free when there is nothing to prevent you from acting on your …show more content…
It is not possible for determinism and free will to be compatible. Determinism existing is like living life as a puppet, which is similar to when another philosopher, Nagel stated, “If I thought that everything I did was determined by my circumstances and my psychological condition, I would feel trapped. And if I thought the same about everybody else, I would feel that they were like a lot of puppets”(203). Nagel seems to be an incompatibilist also because nobody wants to be or feel trapped by circumstances they did not even get to choose. The incompatibilist are right because determinism takes away the point of life, which is to live our own life and make our own