Metaphysical And Circumstantial Freedom, And The Free Will

Free Will is the ability of an individual to create vital decisions and choices in life with own free consent known as the Libertarians. The Libertarians believe they are morally responsible for the decision they make. There are two types of freedom, which are Circumstantial and the Metaphysical. The Circumstantial freedom is a liberty of accomplishing an action without any interference from obstacles. It is the physical ability to do something. For instance, a person in a room, he or she has Circumstantial freedom to be outside or just stay inside. Hence, if the person locked inside the room, then he or she loses this Circumstantial freedom. The Metaphysical freedom is a power to choose one opportunity or possibilities out of the choices presented.

According to Kathleen Vohs, of the University of Utah and Jonathan Schooler, of the University of Pittsburgh, conducted an experiment. They asked one group of participants to read a passage that free will is an illusion and the others neutral. Then given a math test, with cheating made easy, Vohs and Schooler observed that the participants who prime to distinguish free will as an illusion were more likely to peek at the answers. This is because the illusion of not having free will removes the responsibility for an individual. In fact, they were also in a group, which responsibility diminished called the bystander effect where there is diffusion of responsibility. When given the opportunity to steal coins from the envelope, those participants that believed they have free will had not stolen any money. This is because the individual knows that he or she is morally responsible for the consequences that are going to happen. According to Roy Baumeister of Florida State University has extended Vohs and Schoolers findings. He found out students with weaker belief in free will are less likely to volunteer their time helping a classmate than those whose belief in free will was strong. He also found out that the diminishing belief of free will leads to stress, unhappiness, and lesser commitment to relationships. Therefore, people who believe free will are an illusion are less likely creative, less willing to learn from their mistakes, and less grateful to one another. Lastly, the debate about having free will or not has been on for years and still ongoing. A determinist would say that free will is an illusion, but from what I learned determinism is the illusion. People who truly believe that free will does not exist that everything based on scientific facts, deprive people of their capability to do something out of the ordinary. Here are some people that believe there is free will and how free will