and philosopher‚ once said‚ "Life is a compromise between fate and free will." Not only in today’s society‚ but all throughout time‚ there is the constant debate between free will and determinism. The debate has been presented in movies‚ plays‚ and other forms of literature. Most people either believe that they have the choice to make decisions (free will)‚ or that life is already decided for them (determinism). I believe‚ however‚ that free will and determinism coexist‚ which is referred to as compatibilism
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Free Market vs Command Economy ! In every government and organization‚ there has to be some sort of plan to organize transactions between people and companies in order to prosper. The Free Market and the Command Economy are two ways the world plans and organizes their economic system. Each have their own benefits and disadvantages and everyone’s opinion differs when it comes to which one is better. It will be hard to compare these two without being biased because this topic is so important. The
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PHI/105 August 2010 Week 1 – Checkpoint 1 Arguments and Logic Free Will VS Determinism Free Will and Determinism are two separate beliefs‚ contradicting one another. Determinism is the idea that all matter in this known universe is created for a specific purpose; a specific action. Therefore‚ the behavior of all atoms are governed by their physical law; their purpose. Free Will is simply defined as humans having free will. Humans have the ability to choose their next action‚ thereby choosing
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fall of Troy‚ but also talks about the power of fate in the world. Achilles was the protagonist in the story‚ a man fighting his emotions about whether he should fight and die or hide and live this struggle lasts through the entire story protracting the fated doom of Troy and leading to the deaths of many heroes. This fight against fate shows how futile it is to change the inevitable and rather than fight to stop such a destiny you instead assist fate in its unstoppable march to the future as shown
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himself speaking‚ and he always questions himself and the world because he is unable to accept any belief. It is not until the last act that he comes to any conclusion: an acceptance of fatalism‚ a philosophy that states that all events are driven by Fate. In Poetics‚ Aristotle says that every tragic hero has a fatal flaw‚ or “hamartia”‚ that causes the events of the tragedy to develop. At the beginning of Hamlet‚ the ghost of Hamlet’s father reveals to Hamlet the circumstances of his death and ushers
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Fate in The Odyssey In Homer?s The Odyssey‚ fate plays an important part in the story development. People who believe in fate or destiny think that their lives are spun out in front of them before they are born‚ and there is nothing they can do to change that. Some characters‚ like Polyphemos‚ find out their fate beforehand but still end up fulfilling prophesies they tried to avoid‚ but most characters acted out their fate without realizing it‚ like Odysseus. He blinded the Cyclops without knowing
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Freewill vs. Determinism Good vs. Evil What makes a decision evil is when it is made completely with regard to others. What makes a decision good is when the person who made it can look back and feel like what he choose was wholly right. It is completely up to a person whether or not they take others into consideration or even decide to look back long enough to care‚ just like it is up to that person to choose where they go in life. Whether it’s up the "good path" or down the "evil path" isn’t
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Free Speech vs. Harmful Hate Speech Freedom of speech is instilled at the beginning of the Bill of Rights and it allows citizens of the United States to express their opinions without being afraid of what might happen to them‚ much like in other countries. Many times people are directly or indirectly harmed by others’ actions that are considered a right under the freedom of speech clause. Though‚ some people worry that if we do not allow for complete freedom of speech‚ it is hard to figure out
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Fate’s Misfortunes Since the beginning‚ fate has been the building blocks for human’s lives. Whenever fate has been set in motion‚ it CANNOT be escaped. In Sophocles’ play Oedipus the King there are several major playing factors in the role of fate. Every action whether intentional or accidental‚ plays right into the hands of fate. It is absolutely unavoidable. No matter what is done to try to change one’s fate‚ once it is set in motion there is simply no changing it. The first of these characters
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predetermined fate cause her to take a certain path‚ or does she have free will to choose a different path? Who is to say? However‚ based on the nonfiction works The Sports Gene‚ written by David Epstein‚ and “Losing Control‚” a person’s fate is the result of choices that that person or people nearby the person have made. In “Losing Control‚” it is said that prior research or preparation affects one’s fate. David Epstein said in The Sports Gene that people have the ability to direct their fate if they
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