Sunday, February 7, 2010

Do Humans really have free will?

Free will is the right for a human to do whatever they want. They have the choice to do whatever they want and will not get in trouble for it. Humans do not have complete free will because of laws. People can not just go out and kill somebody because they want to and not get in trouble for it. I feel like this is a good thing that humans do not have complete free will because if they did who knows what would happen!? Here in America I feel like we have as close to free will as you can get. You have the choice of what you want to do. If you want to work at a Mcdonalds your whole life you can do that. If you want to go off to college, get a degree, and eventually a good paying job you can do that as well. We have freedom of speech and can say whatever we want when we want with a few exceptions. You have complete choice of what you want to do with your free time. Today is Superbowl Sunday and the Saints will be taking on the Colts tonight at 6:25. A very large percentage of Americans will be watching this game because it is the championship. Some watch for the game and some watch for all the new commercials. I personally watch for the game. But the point I'm trying to get across here is that the people watching the game are doing it by choice, they have free will. The people that are not watching the game are doing it by choice. Some people just are not into football or new commercials and they would rather be doing something else with their Sunday night. Some other people are not able to watch the big game because they have work. One might say that the people who have to go to work do not have free will because they must go to work. No, if someone really wanted to watch the game they could quit their job, sit home and watch the game. These people have free will, they chose to go out and get this job. As it can be seen, here in America we are as close to free will as you can get. My question is, what would happen to the world if every human being had complete free will? They could do anything they want and not get in trouble for it? What would the world come to?

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