The Free Will Debate

The Free Will Debate

            The free will debate is an argument between determinists and libertarians about human behavior.  Libertarianism is when a person is able to control all of his or her decisions independently.  Meaning that they have control over what happens to them in the future.  Also they believe that some things are caused by external events.  Hard determinism however, is a belief that everything that will happen and has happened to you is determined for you beforehand.  I think that libertarianism is a better option, because I don’t think that everything is predetermined for us, I think that we have the ability to shape our future in any one way that we would like.

            Libertarianism explains human behavior better than determinism.  Libertarianism has two parts to it, external and internal forces for making our decisions.  Humans have the ability to make decisions for themselves.  Saying that everything is predetermined for us is false, everyone has the ability to make decisions for themselves. Therefore, libertarianism explains explanatory breadth better then determinism

             Determinism explains explanatory depth in much greater detail than libertinism does.  Determinism explains the human actions in much greater detail, they go into a lot more depth and clarify their predictions about human behavior much better.  Libertinism doesn’t explain to us why some human behaviors happen, like determinism does.

            Determinism is much more simplified than libertarianism. Determinism sticks to the point of everything is determined for us.  However, libertarianism ties in another aspect, where it talks about some of our actions happen not naturally, meaning that we have the ability to decide to take the actions or not. Determinism really simplifies exactly what is happening, and libertarianism brings out the free will debate which complicates things.

            Libertarianism in regards to conservatism wins out determinism.  Today everyone knows that people most of their decisions on their own, everyone has the right to do so.  By being able to do this, humans feel like they can shape their lives any way they can, therefore becoming successful in life and doing whatever they want.  Everyone likes to be in control of whatever is going on, in gives people a sense of leadership and high quality in life.

1.      Determinism and libertarianism are the most explanation of the cause of human actions

2.      Libertarianism had much more explanatory depth and conservation, where determinism has a little more explanatory depth and simplicity.

3.      Therefore Libertarianism is the best explanation of human actions