What Is Free Will? Free will is the ability to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded. Free will is closely linked to the concepts of responsibility, praise, guilt, sin, and other judgements which apply only to actions that are freely chosen. It is also connected with the concepts of advice, persuasion, deliberation,...
Will (Philosophy) Will, generally, is that faculty of the mind which selects, at the moment of decision, the strongest desire from among the various desires present. Will does not refer to any particular desire, but rather to the mechanism for choosing from among one’s desires. Within philosophy the will is important...
What Is Freedom? This article covers the answer to the question: “What Is Freedom?” Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or possessing the power and resources to fulfill one’s purposes. In one definition, something is “free” if it can change easily and...
Free Will Free will is the power to exercise control over one’s decisions and actions. The interest of free will in philosophy primarily lies in whether free will exists. While hard determinism denies the existence of free will, other schools such as incompatibilism, soft determinism (or compatibilism), and libertarianism recognize it in some way...
What Freedom Means to Me In the philosophy of politics, the idea of freedom comes up often. Most people say they support most types of freedom. Of course, the word freedom has little meaning if we do not have a common definition. In this article, I will explain my definition...
John Paul II And The Truth About Freedom The contemporary crisis of freedom is at root a crisis of truth. In our own day, John Paul II has clearly demonstrated the inseparable connection between freedom and truth. In the course of his long career, he has eloquently and forcefully proclaimed...
Human Freedom Any philosopher who takes man seriously as person is sure to affirm the freedom of persons (Human Freedom). There are, of course, no lack of philosophers who deny freedom, but none of them ever makes a point of saying that human beings are persons. Personhood and freedom are...
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Are We “Born To Be Free”? (Freewill) Each of the prophets, including Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, taught that what people chose to do with respect to belief in God and obedience to His will made a very great difference to the final outcome of their affairs. Humans have a...
Freedom, An Invaluable Gift “Freewill is the most difficult of God’s gifts to understand or appreciate. The person who gives up selfish freedom and agrees to be God’s servant will always be truly free.” Freedom is one of the most valuable things there is, although many of us have no...
Republic A republic (meaning “public affair”) is a form of government in which “power is held by the people and their elected representatives”. In republics, the country is considered a “public matter”, not the private concern or property of the rulers. The primary positions of power within a republic are attained through democracy or a mix of democracy with oligarchy or autocracy rather...
Death And Destiny This article covers the answer to the question: “What is the Relationship Between Death and Destiny?“ Every event, including the manner and time of death, are predestined. Everything occurs within the framework of the Divine Decree, and also within an individual plan for each being. Such plans...
Why Do Both Destiny and Man’s Free Will Exist? This article covers the answer to the question: “Why do both destiny and man’s free will exist?“ Destiny and man’s free will, which marks the farthest point of perfection of one’s belief and submission, is something related to the inner experience...
What Is Destiny? Destiny is a title of Divine Knowledge, it is not something that annuls man’s free will and forces him to behave in a pre-ordained way. Since God knows beforehand how man will behave in the world, He has an angel to pre-record his life history. Man behaves...
Is Manner And Moment Of Every Death Predestined? This article covers death and predestination. Like every other kind of event, the manner and time of death are predestined. In other words, what happens and is true of the natural world is likewise true of man. The process of coming into...
Is Man The Master of His Own Destiny? This article covers the answer to the question: “Is Man The Master of His Own Destiny?“ Question: Some Christian and other religious authorities considered the creation of evil to be evil, and therefore did not attribute the creation of unbelief and misguidance...
How Can We Reconcile Destiny and Man’s Free Will? The Divine Destiny and Man’s Free Will Can Be Reconciled In Seven Ways: First way: The absolute order and harmony displayed by the whole of creation bear witness that God is All-Wise and Just. Wisdom and Justice demand that man should...
Destiny And Man’s Free Will This article covers the understanding of destiny and man’s free will. Except for the human realm and Jinn, who have free will and therefore are accountable for their acts, Divine Destiny is the single absolutely and exclusively dominant factor in existence. In order to reconcile...
What Is Divine Decree? Divine Decree means the execution of the decisions or judgments of Destiny. It includes man’s actions and God’s creation of them at the same time. That is, man wills to do something, which was (pre-) recorded in Destiny and God allows him to do that and...
God’s Predetermination Of Man’s Life This article is about God’s Predetermination of Man’s Life. Man’s free will is also included in the Divine Will. Nevertheless, the relation between the Divine Will and man’s free will is not the same as that between the Divine Will and the lives of other...