Does Freewill Exist?
Does freewill exist? That is the question on a lot of minds these days. To answer that question lets first look at the definition of freewill. It is defined in the dictionary as the freedom of the will to choose a course of action without external coercion but in accordance with the ideals or moral outlook of the individual. With that said I would have to say that I think freewill does not exist.To begin, it is firstly necessary to analyze the constituents of the self. Since the earliest beginnings of psychology, one of the most important arguments was the nature/nurture debate. Are human beings a product of their environments, or are they a product of intricate biology? Upon the discovery and exploration of the human genome, the popular contemporary stance is that humans are influenced by both their biology and their environment. This sounds simple enough, but by how much of the self is influenced by these two variables?For a person to 'just decide' on an action, suggests that somehow, the
The notion that somehow, a human being can make a 'freewill decision', not influenced by any other factor, is an effect without a cause. In other words, America has been brainwashed. This is because a certain amount of linear progress is needed first. However, to the more skeptical of us, or perhaps the atheist, this approach seems 'woolly'. With this classic approach, the problem is solved by having freewill 'given' to us by an omniscient being and therefore, our freewill doesn't have to adhere to scientific concepts. Many philosophers have seized upon the concept of 'I' in order to refute determinism. This suggests that somehow the person has initiated an 'effect' so-to-speak, without a 'cause'; they have somehow made a decision based on absolutely nothing, or rather, not based on their genetic neural structure or environmental upbringing. A variable is needed that can somehow interject between the cause and effect relationships mentioned above. So again we come to the problem of needing an example of effect without cause in order to prove the existence of freewill. So now that you have seen some of the facts I will ask you again; does freewill exist? I do not know if that question will ever be answered for sure, but in my opinion I think that freewill does not exist and that the only reason people believe that it exists is because you have been raised up your whole life to believe that this is America and you can be or do whatever you want. Perhaps it could even be suggested that human creation in itself is also evolutionary. So it would seem that in order for freewill to exist, a third variable is needed that transcends the other two variables. So although we have language, and it seems we can create, is this cause without effect?The answer is probably not. First the aluminum for the craft needs to be mined, then jet engines created out of other known technology and so on.
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