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es, pretty much Wait...what? No!
Debate Score:15
Arguments:12
Total Votes:18
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Free Choice

es, pretty much

Side Score: 9
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Wait...what? No!

Side Score: 6
2 points

That is so right. Something very common these days. It's disguised sometimes as democracy. As fundamental Rights. Loads... That's a good one!

Side: es, pretty much
2 points

If you think about the fact that we are controlled by chemical impulses far more immediate than the so called societal pressures. It could seem that choice is only an illusion of sentience, does an animal that is instinctual make choices? Or do the plethora of hormones running around their bodies in response to stimuli fire off a preprogrammed response, such as moving back while standing on the edge of a precipice an evolutionary advantage to any animal that possesses it.

I saw a quote, I can't remember the author, but it said

"If you are stuck on deciding between two options, toss a coin, not because you want chance to decide, but because the second or so that coin spends spinning in the air, you'll know which side you want it to land on"

This is something I've tried and it works, I can only assume that my brain had already decided, I just felt like I had to have a say in it.

Side: es, pretty much
1 point

Damn it, my "Y" button keeps sticking....

Side: es, pretty much

I thought it was supposed to be a Hispanic accent. .

Side: es, pretty much
1 point

Having randomness or chaos does not imply free will. All chaos says is that there is no way to prove humans have free will. "Indeterminism does not confer freedom on us.

Supporting Evidence: Chaos vs Free Will (hubpages.com)
Side: es, pretty much
1 point

Factually speaking, you are entirely right, randomness does not imply free will. However the philosophical question of free will, is one of the few topics that I can think of which rests upon two mutually exclusive positions, both of which would be impossible to prove.

Side: es, pretty much
ptosis(243) Disputed
1 point

mutually exclusive positions - disagree, there is a viewpoint that is a mix of the two. and not just yes/no.

Who said, "I believe in free will - I must!"

:)

Supporting Evidence: Determinism vs Free Will (hubpages.com)
Side: es, pretty much
2 points

You still have the choice not to walking through any of the doorways, it's just that they don't tell you that.

Side: Wait...what? No!
0 points

So I guess legalizing abortion is not really giving women the right to choose...

Side: Wait...what? No!
1 point

I support because this is one of the best subjects you could have brought up in this debate, but...

Let's say she chooses to allow the birth. That kid will some day die anyway, and during their life their choices will always be limited to whatever reality, society, and coincidence provide. Which all gets started when the woman decides whether or not to have an abortion...

So it really depends on what level Bohemian is taking this...

Side: Wait...what? No!

We almost always have the choice. The cow has the choice to go left, right or not move. Whether the outcome of his decision is the same does not change the fact that he had the possibility of choosing his path toward the slaughter house. He had the choice of not to going the slaughter house if he did not want to.

The only exceptions are the ones of our human condition.

Side: Wait...what? No!