Free will and predestination constitute a polarity in many of the religions of the world: is salvation determined by a divine choice or is it a matter of personal self-determination? Free will in this article does not refer to the general philosophical...
FREE WILL AND DETERMINISM. Free will is a moral, religious, and social concept that is central to philosophy and most religions. It has been argued that the basis of freedom lies in the contingency of natural events. Though this line of reasoning has...
To have free will means that in some nontrivial sense persons are able to make choices that are not determined by causes other than themselves, so that each person may be regarded as the unique author of his or her own thoughts and actions. The term...
is an implicit feature of the doctrine of karmic retribution which presupposes responsibility for one’s thoughts, words and deeds and the capability to choose. The choice in terms of concrete action may be limited by circumstances brought about...
The belief that each individual can make free moral choices. According to *Deuteronomy 30:19, *Moses told the Israelites, ‘I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life.’ Later the *prophets emphasized the...
The question of free will is whether, and in what sense, rational agents exercise control over their actions and decisions. Addressing this question requires understanding the relationship between freedom and cause, and determining whether the laws of...
