If there is no such thing as free will, if we ultimately have no control over anything, then who should be held responsible for the things we like and do, and the things that happen to us?

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Tariq Ameer        001369-033

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Are all things -- human traits, events, behaviors -- predetermined, or is everything merely the effect of previously carried out actions? If there is no such thing as free will, if we ultimately have no control over anything, then who should be held responsible for the things we like and do, and the things that happen to us?

        Free will is the ability to choose by on our own when, where, and how to act and think without any constraints. People and philosophers all around the world have discussed and argued whither we have free will or is everything predetermined. Those who argue against free will and chose a position of determinism believe that all events are just the effects of previously carried out actions. On the other hand those that argue for free will believe that humans have the freedom to do whatever they want. Although I believe that determinism is true, I still believe that every person should be held responsible for the he does.

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        Before I read the TOK book or did any research, I firmly believed in free will; I didn’t even think about the idea of determinism.  Now I have completely changed my mind. The main idea behind determinism is that everything you do, your actions and the way you think, are caused by genetic inheritance and early experience, which in both you do not have the free will or power to choose or change them. No matter what you think of whither big or small, you can still trace it back to those two things. For example, I decided to steal ...

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