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Does our behaviour result from forces over which we have no control or do we have free choice to behave as we wish?
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Determinism Does our behaviour result from forces over which we have no control or do we have free choice to behave as we wish? Have you ever wondered why we do the things we do? Why might we get physical when we are angry? Why might we cry when we're in pain? Why? What motivates us to behave the way we do in the numerous different situations we get ourselves into? Although there are many different answers that people could give us, there are two theories in particular that are highly debated with each other. One argument is that behaviour is determined through free will, known as libertarianism. Free will, by definition, is the notion that we are free to make our own decisions and are thus in control of our behaviour. By this, however, it is not meant that you can behave in a way completely out of your ability...
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