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In this paper, I will argue that Determinism is true. First, I will explain the reason behind determinism and what it is. Next, I will show you why its import and how it affects everyone's life. Then, I will show the strengths of my reasons. Finally, I will give reasons for supporting my position. Determinism is true because life isn't free will. It is predetermined by cause and effects. You should believe in determinism because you don't have free will over life, the reason for determinism is physics. The physics of determinism is known as cause and effect. Prior events determine events in life. We can understand determinism by a comparison to a clock. A clock that is wound up at the beginning of time and has been ticking using Newtons …show more content…

In early 2000 a man was arrested for child pornography and molesting his 8-year-old stepdaughter. When taken to jail, they asked what made you do it. His response was " suddenly I began to have intense sexual urges." He had no previous history of pedophilia. As he awaited his day in court, he began to complain of headaches. They took him to the doctor to discover a tumor in his frontal cortex known to control sexual impulses. It was removed, and the sexual urges immediately went away. Most would say "this was a coincidence, but no, it happened again a few months later, and he had to have another surgery to remove another tumor that had the same effects. You may ask what does that have to do with determinism. Everything. His free will didn't tell him to commit a perverted crime, but it was all predetermined by determinism for it to happen. I do not support any crimes of such nature, and I'm not making an excuse for it …show more content…

It's not about whether you believe or not. Think about your day to day life, most things are not planned by you, right? Then ask yourself, "by who"? The answer to those questions are throughout this entire essay. I've given you everything you need to understand how determinism works. If it makes you feel better, we can call it God. Determinism is true because life isn't free will its predetermined by cause and effects, you should believe in determinism because you don't have free will over everything in your life, the reason for determinism is physics. Determinism is known as; "things that are fated”, it is inevitable. Aetius and other stoics describe the fate as "a sequence of causes that is an inescapable ordering and interconnection" (Sellars, 2006).The stoics simply just say that faith is the cause of all consequences in life. The ordering of our faith cannot be rearranged or altered in any way. Aetius and other Stoics believed that the world is a unity and includes all existing things within it (Stoicism, 55N). It is governed by a living, rational, intelligent, nature government of existing things. The things that happen first calls us to the things that happen after them. So, in reality, all things are brought together by fate and reason. The Stoics are saying that nothing can exist, nor happen without there being pre-determinism. The stoics list of causes is; preliminary causes, joint-causes, and sustaining causes. The Government who governs

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