Free Will Quotes
Fichte takes an I or free will to be not a thing or being but an act which is not undetermined but self-determined, in accordance with reasons or norms rationally self-given.
Kant thinks that a free will is a will under moral laws and that freedom and the moral law are distinct thoughts that reciprocally imply each other. Fichte thinks they are the same thought.
If the problem of free will is to see how freedom fits into the order of nature, then Kant's basic view about the free will problem is that it is insoluble.
There's no free will," says the philosopher; "To hang is most unjust." "There is no free will," assents the officer; "We hang because we must.
All our wanting comes from needs, thus we continiously suffer. The intellect teaches free will, free from suffering.
If God thinks this state of war in the universe a price worth paying for free will...then we may take it it is worth paying.
I must honor those who fight of their own free will, he said to himself. And I must try to imitate their courage by following my path as a pacifist, wherever it takes me.
And if you believe that we really have free will, then you know that God can't really control us. And since God can't control us, all God does is watch and change channels when He gets bored.
A wise man sees the path all must walk and embraces the free will of humankind, even if to watch it unfold causes him pain.
But to proceed in this reconciling project with regard to the question of liberty and necessity; the most contentious question of metaphysics, the most contentious science.
Some people believe God is involved in every little decision we make. Some people believe you're given the free will to make the decisions. Sometimes people believe God is not involved at all.
I fall down on the side of free will, simply because if you look at where I came from, and what I was able to do in my life, what was able to happen.
You cannot hinder someone's free will, that's the first law of the Universe, no matter what the decision.
God gave us free will, and we may choose to exercise it in ways that end up hurting other people.
Karma exists within causality. It is three-dimensional. Free will exists outside of causality; it is not bound by karma.
Free will exists and operates outside causality. It is not hooked to karma. Free will is like a well that is on your property. You can choose to draw water from the well or not.
If you choose to draw from the inner well of free will, then you can make choices that are outside your current karmic patterns.
Free will exists within each of us. Most people choose not to use their free will, so consequently they rarely alter their karmic patterns.
you don't need free will to determine that twice two is four. that's not what i call free will
Angels play a very active role in the purposes of God and the affairs of men, but do not control human events or violate the free will of human beings.
I've only ever met one woman who actually was a prostitute of her own free will. She didn't have a pimp. She could pick and choose her customers. That's so rare.
Animals that not only move by their own free will and share feelings with people but also possess sight and hearing qualify as deserving of names.
At twenty your choices are almost unlimited. At fifty you're a prisoner of past decisions. At seventy you have no free will left at all.
I do give them to you," he announced. "Of my free will. Because this is my sword." He laid a hand on Arisa's shoulder. "And Weasle is my shield. What you hold are only pieces of iron.
Does not any limit imposed upon one inspire a desire to go beyond it? Does not our keenest suffering arise when our free will is crossed?
Contempt for the things people choose of their own free will is, at its heart, contempt for free will.
The power of free will is developed and confirmed by increasing the number of worthy motives which influence conduct.
The loss of free will I find unacceptable - what most of us refer to as rights.
You're saying the gods don't have free will." "The power to make mistakes," Penny said. "Only we have that. Mortals
I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.
Gravity works in your life, the notion of free will works in your life, however problematic it may at times be.
Everybody acts as if they have free will. They act as if they can make these decisions; do they know they don't? I think there's been some back-down on the idea that everything is determined.
I believe that modern science supports free will, in showing that the brain can act spontaneously, not only in response to external stimuli.
If nothing is random, and everything is predetermined, how can there be free will? The answer to that is simple. Nothing is predetermined; it is determined, or was determined, or will be determined.
Simple determinism, whether of the genetic or environmental kind, is a depressing prospect for those with a fondness for free will.
I believe for God not to allow pain to happen in the world is for Him to extract free will from the world.
But I don't actually adopt the point of view that our subjective impression of free will, which is a kind of indeterminacy behavior, comes from quantum mechanical indeterminacy.
If people deny free will, then when ordering at a restaurant they should say, "Just bring me whatever the laws of nature have determined that I will get."