Hard Determinism Vs Compatibilism
The problem with free will is that it requires a specific attention that most people do not give the topic. Most people believe that free will is the simple ability to make your own decisions. However, there are a couple different of factors that play into that decision. Which is what people are trying to figure out. If there is free will in the world, or if there are things that are already predetermined. Like how our brain is made up is exactly how we will turn, or if people are the ability to change. To act on certain urges and desires, compared to not acting on other urges and desires. In this paper I will show that hard determinism, liberalism, and compatibilism constitutes a good reason to believe free will is not implied in our society.
Hard Determinism is a specific perspective on free will that considers determinism is true. It states that it is incompatible with …show more content…
“Compatibilists believe freedom can be present or absent in situations for reasons that have nothing to do with metaphysics.” For example, when someone completely murders a whole family and they are trying to decide if they are going to jail for the fact that they murdered the family. Someone may try and say that it was a mental illness that caused them to murder the whole family. Some people consider that the fact that the mental illness is what caused the person to murder the family. Others say that one person can control their own desires. However, when someone controls their own desires that is what is considered free will. When they do not have the ability to control their own actions or desires that is what is considered determinism. Therefore the mental illness of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is known is an abnormal behavior including not being able to decipher what is real and what is not real in life. However, is one supposed to be able
Hard Determinism is a specific perspective on free will that considers determinism is true. It states that it is incompatible with …show more content…
“Compatibilists believe freedom can be present or absent in situations for reasons that have nothing to do with metaphysics.” For example, when someone completely murders a whole family and they are trying to decide if they are going to jail for the fact that they murdered the family. Someone may try and say that it was a mental illness that caused them to murder the whole family. Some people consider that the fact that the mental illness is what caused the person to murder the family. Others say that one person can control their own desires. However, when someone controls their own desires that is what is considered free will. When they do not have the ability to control their own actions or desires that is what is considered determinism. Therefore the mental illness of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is known is an abnormal behavior including not being able to decipher what is real and what is not real in life. However, is one supposed to be able