(October 2, 2009 at 4:23 am)solarwave Wrote: I was just wondering if you believe that we are all determined by physics, and so our lives were determined before we were born? Or that we can make our own choices?
I agree that "we can make our own choices" but, since I totally reject the (libertianism) concept of human free will, your dichotomy left me no option to select. As I said in the chatbox, freedom is predicated of persons, not faculties. In other words, the agent is free, not his will. A person's will is determined by his character and desires. (Frodo wanted me to respond in this thread but, until I get some feedback, I don't really know how to expand on this. Perhaps you could ask me some clarifying questions, Frodo?)
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
