Free Will and Leo Tolstoy
“You say: I am not free. But I have raised and lowered my arm. Everyone understands that this illogical answer is an irrefutable proof of freedom.” (Leo Tolstoy, 1998)
This is the quotes of Leo Tolstoy, which related to the scene we present to you. This quote means that everyone has their own free will, their actions depend on their own decision and their future evolves. If you apply this quote to scene one, you can see that even when Anderton know his own destiny that he will kill Leo Crown, he will become murderer just like the precogs predetermine, he believe that destiny could not be changed and destiny have been set up so everyone will follow that trail to the end of their life. But in every man there exist a free will in them, it been proved that in the moment Anderton must decides to pull the trigger and murder Leo Crown or not, he overcome his feeling, made his own decision even though he knew his destiny, he chose not to kill Leo and changed his future by himself. It proved that everyone has their free will and their future are in their hand, not in destiny.
According to our project, our point of view which we have been refer in our present is every man have their own choices, they create their own future, destiny still a myth to us, it been shown in the movie we presented. Many philosophers believe in free will, one of the most famous philosophers is St.Thomas Aquinas, this is the quote from him: “Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain.” This quote means that if free will not exist, then everything we do will become meaningless, anything happen in our life is in one order and we are just following the patch, perpetrators would not received punishment.
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[ 1 ]. Leo Tolstoy. “War and peace”. 1392. USA: Oxford University Press, 1998. Print.
[ 2 ]. Wayne P. Pomerleau. Twelve Great Philosophers: An Historical Introduction to
This is the quotes of Leo Tolstoy, which related to the scene we present to you. This quote means that everyone has their own free will, their actions depend on their own decision and their future evolves. If you apply this quote to scene one, you can see that even when Anderton know his own destiny that he will kill Leo Crown, he will become murderer just like the precogs predetermine, he believe that destiny could not be changed and destiny have been set up so everyone will follow that trail to the end of their life. But in every man there exist a free will in them, it been proved that in the moment Anderton must decides to pull the trigger and murder Leo Crown or not, he overcome his feeling, made his own decision even though he knew his destiny, he chose not to kill Leo and changed his future by himself. It proved that everyone has their free will and their future are in their hand, not in destiny.
According to our project, our point of view which we have been refer in our present is every man have their own choices, they create their own future, destiny still a myth to us, it been shown in the movie we presented. Many philosophers believe in free will, one of the most famous philosophers is St.Thomas Aquinas, this is the quote from him: “Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain.” This quote means that if free will not exist, then everything we do will become meaningless, anything happen in our life is in one order and we are just following the patch, perpetrators would not received punishment.
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[ 1 ]. Leo Tolstoy. “War and peace”. 1392. USA: Oxford University Press, 1998. Print.
[ 2 ]. Wayne P. Pomerleau. Twelve Great Philosophers: An Historical Introduction to