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Essay / Is the future set in stone? - 541
In this article, I argue that agents have free will and, therefore, our future is not set in stone. We have free will to plan and decide our own future; therefore, we take responsibility for what we do in the unfolding of our lives. Determinism is the idea that all events, including human choices, are governed by causes independent of human free will. If determinism is true and humans have sufficient knowledge of the universe, they could understand why things happen and predict what would happen in each circumstance. Libertarianism is the opposite of determinism. This is the view that the will is free, to a certain extent, and that choices are not subject to causal laws or events. Determinism is the view that all events, including human choices, are governed by causes independent of human free will. If determinism is true and humans have sufficient knowledge of the universe, they could understand why things happen and predict what would happen in each circumstance. Libertarianism is the opposite of determinism. It is the idea that the will is free, up to a certain point, and that...