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Free will is something that has been given to society by a higher being. It is something that one must acknowledge to take full control of what free will really is. Someone that has the capacity to understand what free will really is, is one that has the choice to stand up to what they believe is right in the specific moment of time. For example, the choice to act and behave the way one feels like behaving among others without caring what the consequences beyond that point is the act on in impulse which relates back to the act of free will. In A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, the character, Alex uses his free will to commit crimes with his gang (Pete, Georgie, and Dim) where violence, death, and rape are committed. The act of violence is committed among them four because they liked the power, violence, and the feeling of satisfaction when the evil acts are committed against innocent people. The behavior of Alex is very disturbing and brutal where he leads the reader to think and understand the danger of what free will could bring about. The choices Alex expresses are not the acts society would like to see- since society would only like to see the goodness express by humanity. Therefore, the way Alex decided to use his free will was not right for society whereas the government had to interfere to seek control of his behavior by a behavior Reclamation treatment where it had left him cure- feeling sick of all thoughts of violence or hurting anyone. However, the interference the government had with Alex was morally wrong, they should not had interfere with his basic instincts. One should be allowed their own free will no matter if the acts expressed by one is good or bad, therefore Alex should be allowed his free will because s...

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... has only the mind set of goodness. He is programmed to do good as society wants one to do but in reality there’s a reason why there is authority in this world because it is the human nature to create bad. For example, during the Reclamation treatment Alex went through, Dr. Branom told Alex, “what is happening to you now is what should happen to any healthy human organism contemplating the actions of the forces of evil, the workings of the principle of destruction. You are being made sane, you are being made healthy” (Burgess 121). In this case it is within the human nature to do evil acts upon society, but one has through learn through society what acts to be committed or basically learn from right or wrong. Alex would not had the choice to learn with a behavior modification treatment because he would not have the choice to choose what his instincts tells him to.

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