(July 14, 2012 at 6:34 am)FallentoReason Wrote: I just exercised my free will when I decided to respond to this, did I not? I see free will as the ability to do as one pleases. Whether this action is good, bad, stupid, weird, pointless it doesn't matter. I'm the one that is in control of my thoughts and actions. No one or no thing controls me.
Does opportunity not count as control?
I can paralyze you with medication: you are no longer in control of your actions.
I can destabilize your mind with medication: you are no longer in control of your thoughts.
We can't say that doesn't count because I'm taking away your ability to do something. That's the definition of control.
"Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate by the masses, not some farcical aquatic ceremony!"
- Dennis the peasant.
- Dennis the peasant.
