The Pros And Cons Of Free Will

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Humans are not truly free, they have free will but much of their lives are determined by other external causes. To be a soft determinist or a compatibilist, there are certain conditions that must be followed. One is the belief in the free will, another is the belief in determinism- or that actions and thoughts have causes, and the final is that both free will and determinism can go together. This view still allows for people to be morally responsible for their actions while suggesting that it is possible that there where underlying means to the thought of that action. This theory on free will is believable because it allows for both internal and external factors to influence decisions. This shows that all choices have both a mental component …show more content…

One of them is that it allows for a person to still be morally responsible for their actions that are a benefit because this keeps the praise and blame system currently in use today as necessity. Praise and blame in society are necessary functions because they encourage proper morals with the actions of being awarded for good deeds and punished for evil deeds. Another is that there is an external factor that influences the will and allows it to make different decisions than it normally would. This gifts a person with the ability to look beyond his or her own thoughts and beliefs and look at the environment. The choice that they make is the right one for that environment. All of the benefits create a freedom that is desirable for everyone to …show more content…

For doing deeds of goodness, a person will get rewarded while doing deeds of the opposite nature causes pain to fall on his shoulders. In the compatibilist theory of the free will, there is still free will so the people have the duty to be responsible for all their choices that they make and accept whatever the consequences are from those actions. From responsibility derives all the morals of humanity such as the ancient laws of no murder, no theft, and no adultery. Responsibility brings about the lens to look at the actions of a person’s

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