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I think there's quite a bit of historical philosophical, and theological, debate on the topic. Boils down to "there is an immutable, foreordained destiny" vs.
by B1FF_PSUVM 6y ago
I think there's quite a bit of historical philosophical, and theological, debate on the topic.
Boils down to "there is an immutable, foreordained destiny" vs. "each actor chooses freely and history is the sum of those vectors".
- chordalkeyboard 6y agoThis needle is threaded by contemplation of what it means for someone to “choose.” If one freely chooses whatever one wants, then one has free will but one will always choose their desires.
- taneq 6y agoI tend to drive that relation backwards - what people choose is what they ACTUALLY want (out of their given options).
- B1FF_PSUVM 6y ago... and if the desires were foreordained ...