The question whether humans are capable of making there own choices
has been on debate for as long as men have philosophized. People have
different beliefs when it comes to freedom, the most common supported
views are: determinism, indeterminism, and finally compatibalilsm. I am a
soft- determinist, all the choices that we make aren't pre-determined nor
are we "completely free". I agree and disagree with two philosophers that
have opposing views on freedom Baron D'Holbach and William James.
D'Holbach was a determinist that believed that human beings had no
freedom. William James was indeterminist that believed freedom existed.
Both William and D'Holbach have views that a soft determinist can agree
with.
There was a time in my life that, where I thought that I was the
creator of my own destiny. Now I am not sure. 90 percent of all the choices
I make, depend on value judgments that I have created or that has been
thought to me......
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