Wyatt earp
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What is the one option you are referring to?
There is almost always more than one option.Discuss.....
There is almost always more than one option.Discuss.....
There are consequences to every decision.There is almost always more than one option.Discuss.....
Not without consequences.
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All actions have consequences.There is almost always more than one option.Discuss.....
Not without consequences.
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The religious concept of “free will” is best analyzed in the framework of motivational psychology.
If your behavior is reflexive, then obviously there’s no “freedom” of thought; no thought involved.
If you see a bear running toward you in an open field, you run! No time for much thought.
However, if you have a gun & time to use it, then you may have another option.
If you’re near a tree you can climb, then maybe you have another option, but NOT MUCH TIME for thought!
If you have TIME & multiple OPTIONS, then you can use your CONSCIOUSNESS to compare options agsinst your MOTIVES (short & long-term), and make a decision or two.
That’s why we have CONSCIOSNESS in our brain. We/animals have a BRAIN for quick MOVEMENT, unlike the plant world.
On the other extreme, if we have too many options, then we may just give up thinking and “simply” pick one & get on with it ...
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Wise guy, eh?
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Is it really free will, If you only have one option?
The OP is OBVIOUSLY referring to it.
How so?"Free will", as we have generally come to describe it, is an illusion anyway.
You are not really the conscious agent of your behavior or choices. They are made before you are aware you have made them.How so?"Free will", as we have generally come to describe it, is an illusion anyway.
I have read up on it. First of all a choice is being made. The argument is that it is an unconscious choice, right? Are you conscious of the outcome?You are not really the conscious agent of your behavior or choices. They are made before you are aware you have made them.How so?"Free will", as we have generally come to describe it, is an illusion anyway.
Read up on it. Interesting stuff.
No, that's a fact, not an argument. Every study shows the same thing.The argument is that it is an unconscious choice
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