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Free-will: The Never Ending Debate

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                             CONTENT: What Is Free Will The Significance Of Free-will Control Theory of Free-Will Determinism and Compatibilism on Control Theory   Conclusion What Is Free Will? Free will is a concept we often hear about, but do we truly understand it? At its core, free will means having the freedom to make our own choices without being unduly influenced by outside forces. This idea has sparked debates among philosophers for centuries. Traditionally, free will is seen as the power to make decisions for which we can be held morally responsible. Many philosophers also believe that it might also be crucial for broader things like moral values, creativity, and self-governance. The Significance of Free Will So, why is free will so important? Why have thinkers from Aristotle to Dostoevsky been so captivated by it? Free will matters in so many areas—religion, neuroscience, ethics...

The Philosophy Of Acceptism

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 The human mind has incredible capacity to search for things, purpose and cause behind every event that occurs but this is the same curiosity that disturbs the human mind the most as well. Mostly, we are curious to find the reason behind everything but once we get to know the cause and its not as we thought it would be, we start to excuse our own reasonings. Because sometimes the truth isn't so easy to understand, sometimes its so bitter that one thinks they had been better off living with lies instead. The philosophy of Acceptism deals with this state of not wanting to accept the reality. Now comes the questions what is acceptism? The path toward acceptance asks two questions:  1). Can this be changed? and 2). If the answer is no, what work needs to be done to accept this, emotional or otherwise? When you’ve accepted something, you don’t have an outburst every time it surfaces. True acceptance only leaves room to be pleasantly surprised. Acceptance yields fre...