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4/4/2016 11:54:00 PM
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Free will?
So my philosophy class just started talking about free will. Pretty much, whether or not our actions are chosen by us or if every action has been set up by other events.
Examples(made by me, could be pretty shitty ones): you chose what clothes you're wearing, but was the decision changed by what clothes were clean/missing?
You pick up a pen at random to prove you have free will and chose to pick it up. That was decided for you by me arguing with you over free will and whoever left that pen right there.
I'm curious about what the flood thinks about free will.
I've always thought people had free will. However with actually thinking about it, I'm not sure. I'll develop a better opinion as I think about it more.
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3 RepliesYes indeed humans have free will. I subscribe deeply to the concept of freedom as posed by existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in his magnum opus Being and Nothingness. He says, "man is condemned to be free." At first glance, one may recognize that this is paradoxical, nevertheless all Sartre is saying is, that we are so radically free, being able to choose to act in any situation, hence we experience anguish due to being forced to make life changing choices, but the only thing we are not free to do is not be free. I am glad to see philosophical discussion on the forums!
