This argument states that everything we do is caused by forces over which we have no control, consequently we never act freely (Rachels and Rachels 110). They want us to focus on the understanding, that we should believe that our actions are out of control because “we are a part of nature, our brains are composed of atoms and like everything else, composed of atoms, they are subject to laws of physics” (Rachels and Rachels 110). Determinism has three main viewpoints; the first is, actions are caused, the second would be that caused actions are not free and the third is that actions are not free. Rachels and Rachels go on further to explain. We obviously don’t have the capability of doing certain things, However, we have the ability to exercise free will. We can’t grow a tail or become God. We also do not have the freedom to choose to do so, so are we in fact not truly free at all? There will always be factors that may assist in determining our actions, which may limit our freedom to do
This argument states that everything we do is caused by forces over which we have no control, consequently we never act freely (Rachels and Rachels 110). They want us to focus on the understanding, that we should believe that our actions are out of control because “we are a part of nature, our brains are composed of atoms and like everything else, composed of atoms, they are subject to laws of physics” (Rachels and Rachels 110). Determinism has three main viewpoints; the first is, actions are caused, the second would be that caused actions are not free and the third is that actions are not free. Rachels and Rachels go on further to explain. We obviously don’t have the capability of doing certain things, However, we have the ability to exercise free will. We can’t grow a tail or become God. We also do not have the freedom to choose to do so, so are we in fact not truly free at all? There will always be factors that may assist in determining our actions, which may limit our freedom to do