Dienstag, 13. März 2007
Freedom of Will (Willensfreiheit)
As Schopenhauer says "Humans can do what they want, but never want what they want".
I don't believe in Willensfreiheit as there is never such a thing as an independent decision.
A simple example: a (I want to go and play soccer now.) depends on A (I like soccer.), which depends on several things as I have played the game before and as I experienced it as something nice. Which means there are conditions making me want this. This is a simple example but it clearly shows that my "will" depends on things. I need to know to decide. What I know depends on my previous life, my desires depend on what my context is.
You are the product of everything what happens in life and for that you really don't have a lot of choice about anything. Your agency is deeply connected with the structure you are born in, even though the structure is dynamic and changes, you are always a part of it.
Christian belief of god giving "the free will" to humankind is totally going wrong. As first to have this free will, you would need to be free of all moral judgments, to no condition prefer anything while making a decision. You would have to know about all possible actions and also know about all consequences. Otherwise the direction of your will would depend on knowledge and experience. To be able to know everything, you would have to be??? God itself.
Do I think everything is determined? Yes and No. More Yes then No as everything is connected to some point, humans can decide, but every decision depends on context. Going back to my example, if I was asked if I want to play soccer or go to lecture, I would want to play soccer, even though maybe thinking that going to a lecture might be good for me and partly thinking I should want to go to the lecture...but I couldn't do anything about my "want". If I had a free will I should be able to create my desire, "want what I want"
(inspired by Hume, Fay, Hobbes and Schopenhauer)
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