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    I believe that free will is true in saying‚ the idea that humans can freely choose their actions rather than all our lives being predetermined like the way determinist believe. Determinist think free will is just simply an illusion‚ and that our thoughts come from our background‚ and we are unaware as to which we strive no conscious control. As Sam Harris philosopher‚ claims that our thoughts and desires impose instinctive circumstances that define the character of your consciousness in that moment

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    Metaphysics Theological determinism‚ also known as theological fatalism‚ states that if an all-knowing God knows what we will do in the future‚ then this proves that we do not have free will. This is the idea that‚ if God knows the future‚ and God cannot be wrong‚ then the future must be predetermined. Psalm 139 says that prior to our birth‚ God has written in His book all the ordained days for our lives. Throughout the Bible are stories that support the idea that God knows what the future holds

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    Freedom-Determinism Debate

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    The controversy between freewill and determinism has been argued about for years. Freewill is defined as the belief that our behaviour is under our own control and do not act in response to any internal or external factors. Freewill has been found to have four different conditions and to have freewill at least two conditions must be obtained‚ these are; people have a choice on their actions‚ have not been coerced by anything or anyone‚ have full voluntary and deliberate control of what they do. One

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    Fear is weakness

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    Fear is Weakness When we face our so called fears it seems like it was not nearly as bad as we thought it would be. Those so called fears are just little pebbles‚ if compared to a fear that sooner or later we will have to face to reach our destination. In my case my biggest fear is to speak in public. This fear erodes away my confidence; especially when I have projects that have to be presented in front of a big audience. If I’m not familiar with the people I forget everything‚ my face changes

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    Free will‚ Determinism or Compatibilism? “What I am going to do? Maybe I should do this instead of that? ” Those are some questions which arose when we are facing choices but‚ do we always have the choice or we just follow the situation or circumstance? Freewill is the power of making free choices that are unconstrained by external (usually psychological) or by an agency such as fate or divine will‚ while determinism is the belief that since each momentary state of the world entails all

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    While there are several different viewpoints of free will in philosophy‚ the main theories are hard determinist‚ libertarians‚ and compatibilism. Determinism is the idea that every action you take is heavily influenced by outside forces and past events. A hard determinist has the belief that that people have no free will and therefore no one is responsible for their actions because they were predetermined. Conversely‚ people with libertarian views of free will believes that our choices are entirely

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    Facebook Weakness

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    As Facebook expands‚ with 250 million users posting 1 billion pieces of content every week‚ the site continues to draw sharp criticism from privacy advocates‚ lawyers‚ and governments over how it uses the data that members regularly – and often cavalierly – post onto the site. This week five California Facebook users joined the chorus of critics. In a lawsuit filed Monday‚ they charge that Facebook – the Web’s dominant social networking ecosystem – unlawfully used their private information or

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    that individuals do possess free will and individuals that make decisions voluntarily should be held responsible for their actions which goes against the theory of determinism and compatibilism. Determinism holds that individuals do not possess free will given that their actions are predetermined which prevents individuals to avoid any actions‚ therefore making them not morally responsible. On the other hand‚ compatibilism holds that both determinism and the concept of free will are both compatible

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    Explain Soft Determinism

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    (Hard Determinism‚ Soft Determinism‚ or Libertarianism) using terms or examples from Reading 1407. 2. Then‚ explain one problem (as defined or discussed in Reading 1407) with that theory‚ which suggests or implies there is a difficulty in accepting that theory. According to Reading 1407‚ Soft Determinism is defined as the ability to act freely; actions are considered to be free of will‚ therefore humans should be held accountable for the consequences of such. Philosophers of soft determinism state

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    responsibility and its relation to human freedom and determinism: libertarianism‚ hard determinism and compatibilism. However‚ I believe there is only one theory that would provide the overall best explanation‚ and that is the view of libertarianism. For this essay‚ I will begin with the background information needed to understand the complexity of these theories. Then‚ I will explain why hard determinism is

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