Is Will Ever Free?
The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can’t steer.
~~ Joyce Cary ~~ (1888 - 1957)
While I agree that the will is like the engine in a car and it can’t steer, I don’t agree that will is never free. What exactly is a will? Will is simply one’s ability to decide one’s course of action. If you have the freedom to decide your own course of action then you are said to have a free will.
In many instances our ability to exercise our free will is restricted. A good example will be our jobs. While we have the freedom to quit our jobs, most of us won’t do that because we have to pay our bills. :-) So in such instances, we still have our free will but only in theory and not in practice.
On the other hand we do have and exercise our free will in many instances. For example, I am writing this post because I decided, of my own free will, to write this post. I didn’t ‘have to’ write it.
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