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| #11A FATALISM | #11B FREE WILL |
| I believe that events are fixed in advance so that humans are powerless to change them, and that individuals don’t control their own destinies. Whether you call it “God’s plan” or “the will of God” -- or call it determinism and involve factors beyond human control including natural laws, genetic endowment, the (predictable) response to environmental stimuli, etc. -- like you I believe that our life’s course is fixed as part of the larger scheme of things. | I believe that humans have the power to freely choose between alternatives, exercise rational control over their actions, and generally shape their destinies. (Note: Appreciation of quantum mechanics and chaos theory has led many scientists away from the notion that events always unfold in rigidly determined, predictable ways, as they once held.) |
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WV Theme #11A: Fatalism |
WV Theme #11B: Free Will |
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--Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries |
--Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries |
| believes in the Will of God | appreciates factors limiting predictability |
| accepts Predestination | recognizes free agents have moral responsibility |
| appreciates Causal Determinism ==> predictions | appreciates probability |
| appreciates that Free Will is Logically Impossible | believe my actions originate with and are up to me / Self Determination |
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summary Wikipedia article: Fatalism |
summary Wikipedia article: Free Will |
| Numerical Characterization with TFJD code: 1121 | Numerical Characterization with TFJD code: 2111 |
| Numerical Characterization with Emotional Volatility VI index: 18 | Numerical Characterization with Emotional Volatility VI index: 4 |
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