> No, it’s not a choice more than obesity / food addiction is. I agree that obesity/food addiction and drug addiction are both on a similar level, but to me th

> No, it’s not a choice more than obesity / food addiction is. I agree that obesity/food addiction and drug addiction are both on a similar level, but to me they both sound like a choice. Mostly because if we decide to apply the same standard you use for qualifying whether something is a choice or not, then literally nothing is a choice. A man who physically abuses his wife and children? Not a choice, he is doing it simply because he had some experiences in his life that made him that way or he is just simply genetically predisposed. Someone cheats on their partner? Not their choice, they were predisposed to do it or their partner was just not making them happy enough. Harvey Weinstein? Not his choice, he was just a victim of his own circumstance who was also genetically predisposed to do what he did. You get the idea, but I honestly do not believe that most of those things are anything but choices, unless we decide to pretend we believe in predetermination and complete lack of free will. In which case, I would agree with you, those decisions were not choices, because choices don't exist in the context of belief in predetermination. Mind you, I am not saying there are no circumstances in which those situations would not be a choice. There are indeed some scenarios like that. However, and that's purely subjective based on my personal observations, those scenarios are a minority.