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  • Essay / Free Will: Do Humans Have Total Control Over Their Lives?

    At the beginning of history, man believed that his decisions, choices and actions were dominated by unchangeable destiny and fate. The ancient Greeks believed that the gods guided every step of their lives. Destiny cannot be avoided and must be followed. Today, in the 21st century, this notion of destiny has completely vanished. When we arrive in this world, the first principle of life we ​​learn is that free will surrounds our being; we are autonomous human beings and therefore we are responsible for our own actions, whether good or bad; if we are wrong, we are forced to accept the consequences that flow from our own decisions. The human being is considered a legal model that “accepts the philosophical postulate that individuals have free will and are capable of making rational, self-interested choices… [It] grants individuals the status of autonomous moral agents who, because they have an axiomatic freedom of choice, can be held fairly accountable and punished for the rational choices… that they make. “The notion of free will is inevitably linked to autonomy; and autonomy is an important value linked to responsibility. However, one of the most important questions debated for years is whether we are truly free to make our own choices and accept responsibility for them or whether this is just a myth. In other words, if someone else indirectly has control over our lives and has the power to brainwash people into believing that they are truly autonomous. “Free will” is often described as the ability of a rational person to choose to act in a certain way. path among other alternatives; it is one of the greatest and most important values ​​of a liberal society and it must...... middle of paper ......n make choices and be responsible for them. They are continually under the observation of a higher power that is ready to take every opportunity to judge them and hold them accountable whenever the conditions for wrongful conduct are met. This power and the way it controls everything could be described as a “democratic dictatorship,” in which one person – in our case, one body – imposes duties on people and forces them to obey. However, if we look more closely, if there are no rules to respect, then no legal system would exist or continue to exist. Thus, it could be affirmed that disciplinary control constitutes the effectiveness of the law. Human beings feel that they can only be free through discipline, control and power; as such, true freedom becomes unbearable. As Jean-Jacques Rousseau said: “Man is born free, and everywhere he is chained ».” .