Pros And Cons Of Free Will

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I believe that the argument of free will has to do with the existence of a higher being and destiny. Believing that one has a destiny and that destiny has to do with believing that a higher being has a control in your life, as if someone is making all the pieces move in order to get to a specific point and that it is connected with whether or not we have a say in the matter of free will. It’s true that we are put in situations where we must choose and that choosing is why we have free will but the fact is that we’re put in those situations isn’t always something we can control. Is it the work of higher being that is doing this in order to fulfill our destiny? The choices that we make with our “free will” obviously helps us choose our …show more content…

For us to have free will we would need to have to control the situation so it could go in our favor and control our surroundings. Free will is something that cannot be achieved, for in order to achieve free will we would have to be free from the destiny and fate that we have and the existence of a higher being would also have to be gone for this. Free will involves a lot of mentioning of a higher being because of the belief that we have something bigger planned for us, a plan given to us by a spiritual being who knows how our lives will end. The act of free will is a concept used a lot in many religions, one of which includes Christianity who believes that God grants free will to people. This can be a touchy subject because the belief goes that although God has given the gift of free will and letting us make our own choices, he will still carry out the plan that he has for us, the plan that has been given to us since before we were born which contradicts free will. This concept of having things chosen in advance for you; of having situations being determined for you is constantly mentioned by Thomas Nagel. Thomas Nagel uses other terms, I have been using the terms such as destiny and fate, Thomas Nagel uses the term “Laws of nature.” Thomas Nagel breaks it down in a more scientific explanation. He says that “There are laws of nature, like those that govern the movement of our planets, which govern everything that happens in the world-and that in accordance with those laws, the circumstances before an action determine that it will happen, and rule out any other

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