Blog #5

At this point, the case against Free Will is definitely a tough one. The Determinists have an argument for everything. One in particular, a mad scientist decides to "electronically stimulate" a human being's brain without the person aware what is happening. By poking the brain he makes the person say and do random things, the determinist compares this to what we have going on in our brain everyday, what makes us do and say the things that we do, only with the stimulation we know the cause and without it we do not. I do not agree with this in the least. I believe our Free Will is built on our charecter, experiance, and circumstance, these our the things that make us who we are and effect our choices. The brain retains our memories and what makes us an individual, how this all works together, I cannot tell you. I can tell you however, that physically poking at an unaware human's brain and using the result of random answers and movements to support an argument is not comparable to what goes on naturally. This experiment is reckless and probably damaging. Our foundation is set with the things in our past, we may be more than likely to do one thing over another, but we always have a choice.

Blog #4

As Americans we live in a Free Country and are given the right to free choice. As we grow up we are raised by are parents or guardians and given a free education. With this we are taught what is right and wrong. Still not all people are able to make the right choices, or do the right things, some people choose the wrong road and even after being reprimanded, continue to do the same bad things.

What is it that separates the hero's from the heartless? Is it our character, or religion, maybe the way we were raised? As humans I believe that there is more than one explanation for the choices that we make in life. I think character is created with our experiences, and our upbringing. I believe the experiences that effect us most in life have to do with our circumstances. If I was born into a very poor uneducated family and never motivated to stay in school or never had food to eat, I might not be typing this right now. I could be in jail for stealing just to get by, and just continue on the wrong road. However circumstances have allowed me to be here now, and be the person I am today.

Circumstance is the one thing that consistently proves itself to affect our character and the decisions we make. We were born into circumstances we could not control, that for better or worse shaped our character. We are given free will, but we are not always given good circumstances.