1. so much of ur life/identity has been determined by factors like geographical birthplace, economic class...
2. the act of practicing 'free will' by choosing one option over the other means that u naturally have a preference for it, and that preference/desire is precisely what we can't control. i cant control why i like this particular flavour of ice cream but i do!!
but i guess ur opinion on this ultimately depends on ur definition of free will!
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none of the arguments for determinism work, in my eyes. causal, scientific, epistemic, logical, etc etc; all these arguments fail to prove determinism. that being said, i don't think any such arguments can disprove it, either. so what are we left with? i think we are left with how it feels.
if you ask someone the question 'do you make decisions?' you are gonna get a 'yes' from just about everyone ever. the only time this doesn't happen is if you're already having the determinism discussion. simply put, it intrinsically feels like we are capable of making choices, and even if these choices are influenced by many many things beyond our control -- they still feel like *choices*. meaning that we *could have* chosen differently. and if none of the philosophical arguments prove or disprove free will, it means that this is all we've got to point us in any direction at all. & so it *should* point us in this direction.
i do make choices. i do make decisions. & these were not set in stone before i made them, they only happened *because* i made them. i am a causal force, i just cannot square my experience of being alive any other way.
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So let me explain myself, from my perspective and my beliefs we all have our destinies already written for us even before we were born.
However i believe we have free will in every action we have however the outcome is already there.
In a sense like all roads lead to Rome kind of perspective.
You have a free will to not study, bed rot, not even read one book but your destiny can be ending up wealthy (free will : not doing anything with your life — destiny : becoming rich and one simple action one simple move will change that) - ex : social media where we see a meme person becomes an influencer and then changing their whole life and becoming better and vice versa.
Just like the butterfly effect, one event can change your life to the best or the worst, that‘s how i know destiny is a real thing but the actions i am doing are what will lead to that event.
So just do your best, be happy with whatever action you do, and make sure to see everything from the bright side.
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i feel like we have free will with consequences that you can try to evade with that free will u just used so yes and no maybe and maybe not idk
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