Uli, Rujiyana P.

BSN2-D
GE-Ethics – Br. Angelo Roberto T. Diana, OMI MBA
Learning Journal 2
September 25, 2020 10:00 PM

Determinism and Free Will

1.Are we totally free? Why?

In my opinion when we say freedom it is capable of choosing personal enjoyment in which we

make decision freely. As a human being we have many roles that has many obligations and
responsibilities. For instance as a person it includes such a terms of personal conception we may say we
are free, free to think such “you want to eat something but you do not have” then you buy and eat it,
therefore we are free to do it. Then when it comes to the family term, we can not say we are free to
decide freely otherwise our freedom depends on them because we respect and obey them instead we
choose our preferences. In Government also we may do not have freedom because of its policies and
laws that we should follow and implement, therefore we could not decide what we want to. As of it we
do not have freedom at any aspects except our mental ability that we can freely to think and make
decision everything as what we wish to, and happen in the future and therefore we say we are free.

2. Which Philosophy do you agree Libertarian free will, Hard determinism or Compatibilism? Why?

I would agree with Philosophy compatibilism because compatibilism which the free will and
determinism are compatible. Which means we are in between such choosing our will between many
choices of what would be to pursue but we do not exactly know what choices will we choose to proceed
that there’s something prohibitive you to make final judgment.

3. Can we blamed or praise if we do not have “control” Why?

Control is an important aspects shall we have as we live in life. If there are no control within us,
in some point life might get in risk and/ danger. For instance, a true story from public school A teacher
and student having misunderstanding about something and that student was embarrassed infront of his
classmates by his teacher that has not self control in short, that student was also lost his control he went
home and take his gun, after it he go back to school and shot his teacher on head. This is one lesson why
we should have control because everybody do not have the ability to make judgment to oneself if s/he
whether make a good or a bad things there’s still should be a control within us.
4. Why is it that in studying ethics we need to establish first freedom? Give examples.

Freedom is absolutely essential the way to study ethics because ethics is study of morality that
deals with ideas about what is good and bad behavior. In order to study about ethics, there is must be
first establish freedom for as to be able to determine and understand the moral values and good
conduct of every individuals, in which how the way to think to make moral decision based on what
course would prefer to act. Then If there are no freedom in studying ethics it might not clear to justify
human behavior in regarding about studying an ethics because it cannot determine if that judgment
comes from personal approval or disapproval of oneself. Studying about an ethics having freedom can
be determine if person is chooses her action with regard to his personal decision. Example of freedom:
responding to all you wants and making decisions that no one controlled.