Free-Will Vs Determinism

To measure the extent in which free will is compatible with determinism, you must firstly contemplate other methods like whether we, in fact, have it.

The implications of determinism are that we have it but not necessarily in all parts of life therefore we do have free will as well as determinism.

I believe in both soft determinism (compatibalism), which suggests that free will and determinism can both coexist, And Libertarianism, which is the belief that each person owns their own life and property, and have the right to make their own choices as long as they respect the equal rights of others. (Boaz, 2015).

By believing in both soft determinism and Libertarianism I think that everyone has free will and that we are also morally responsible

Though he uses a different method by focusing more on the determinism side of a situation rather than drawing attention to free will.

Hume has suggested that if we want free will there must be some kind of determinism because after all, if we want to be able to make our own choices and plans we would want to expect matching results each time or else what is the point of free will if we don’t know what will become of our choices? (Newall, 2005)

Do we choose what our favourite colour is? How could that be predetermined something that is so individual to each and every person, and then what if your favourite colour changes? Can we change even if things have been predetermined or do we change of our own free will?

Aristotle knew that numerous decisions were rather predictable based on tradition and character, but they weren’t any less free of one's character itself and foreseeable behaviors were developed freely and previously were changeable in the future. (Aristotle,

To have every little detail already planned out with no way of changing would mean that we would not be morally responsible for anything that we did wrong, As it would have been pre determined so how could we help it, therefore nobody could be held accountable for their actions. Human lives and everything that makes us the way we are would lack purpose and meaning all because there would be no need to make any decisions at all as it would already be mapped out for us thus we could just sit around and wait for the pre determined events to happen. Even though I do believe that things happen for a reason I think that they happen based off the choices that we make freely and willingly.

Traditional Compatibilists, Like Hume, believe that most moral judgments are the result of both exterior determined forces and an inner act of choice In fact, they go as far as saying that true liberty requires causation, because without it there would only be randomness. (Russel, 2014)

Kant believes that we are not merely products of our upbringing, but that regardless of a bad childhood, we still have the potential to become good adults. (PushMePress,