Absolutely. I think we use it far less than we think, though. The majority of our actions are habits developed through conditioning and emotional responses that bypass rational thought.

I sure do, it's free will that allowed me to respond this question.

To a certain extent. Despite the fact that physics implies that the future (nor the past) cannot be changed, i.e. our destiny is set and we can't deviate, we still choose something over something else at any given moment in time. That in essence is free will, the ability to choose. The fact that the universe already knows what you will choose doesn't force you to choose it. When it comes to society we make choices because of our peers and laws. We are bound mostly by law and cannot act outside of it. One can take the risk true but it is still a barrier one has to over come to have complete free will. When it comes to politics some regions in the world have true democracy others autonomy and in some places oligarchy. We again are restricted from choosing what laws are passed unless we are in a select few. We gan get to that select few if we persevere but again it's another hurdle. Then you have psychology. The unconscious mind will choose do do an action within 150 milliseconds but it is the conscious mind that has the ability to allow or veto, much like the Monarch in Great britain has the ability to pass a law or stop it but invariably allows it to be passed. So our brain determins what action will be taken much like a computer would, then at the final stage our free will kicks in and either allows or stops it fro happening.

Free will as in opposite of robotic life or enslaved to destiny? Humans don't have to allow themselves to be robots, They can make their own choices, think their own thoughts, go their own paths, though at times it's like swimming against a strong current. But it is available to all on some level, even if it's only in your mind and heart. And there is no destiny. I may be born to certain parents in a certain place, at a certain time, but what happens can always change. Someone can drop me as a child, a drunk can get in a car, a plane can fall from the sky, I can go to the doctor and get fixed....or not.

I believe that I have as much free will as I can use or understand. It is possible that some much more complicated being might understand me so totally that it could predict my every action, so that to that being I would not have free will. But to myself, I have free will as much as I choose to exercise it.

Yes, we can do whatever we want. In that sense, we have free will. It's just the aftermath once human laws are added into it that make it seem like we dont.

To a point. But, it's easy sometimes to get trapped. Do drug addicts have free will? I don't think so. I think at that point they need something major to jar them into reality so that they can then have free will again.

Yes as long as it doesn't disturb other people's rights.

Yes, I believe man/woman has free will they are allowed to follow the path of their own choice.

Good Question! Some believe in a total free will, which means that we are completely free to do anything. Some believe in a limited Free Will, which means that we do have a free Will but God can intervene and limit it when and if He chooses. Pre-destination, which says that your destiny is written before you are born would seem to contradict free will.

Aye.. indeed. Although I believe tis often not freely excercised.

yes

No, No individual makes decisions without input from others either consciously or not....If by freewill do you mean in relation to a higher power/entity. I would say yes....In other words a higher power does not control our behavior but we make no decisions on our own....Make sense?

To a degree. There are always outside influences at work.

i think you all miss the point on this age old question. the question isn't did you do what you did. the question is better put as could you have done it differently if you wanted. And if you answer yes MAYBE freewill exists... there is always the option that you were DESTINED to choose that other option ANYWAYS. You see it's not that you can make choices it's if they have already been made.

i explain with an example, I can jump up and dow with my willing, but the freedom of my will is based on the rule named gravity. if this rule didn't exist i would not jump up and down. i would flout on the air. we exist in this world, no matter who and for what reason carried us here. because we havent solved this question yet.the matter is we exist.and our being has rule.thus in my opinion, the freedom of human's will means humans existence in a world based on rules.(your question has vast answers, and u can disscus with me about that, if u like)

I believe man has free will. You can choose anything you want. However, every decision a person makes has a reaction or an effect and a person has to be able to accept the consequences of all their actions.

You have not set a true definition of free will. I am assuming you mean the ability to choose freely. Depending on the depth of your definition, my answer will vary. If you look at everything; at the deepest of our choices, then no. There is no such thing as free will. We are robots in the sense that we are a slave to the electrical signals in our head. We are highly complex biological computers. Every decision we make is based on our past experiences and choices. Which in turn are based on the experiences and choices of others. When we make a choice we look at what we know and base our decision on that. If we had a different life; If we had seen and done different things, our choices would be different as we would not have the same values. Our universe is a giant game of dominoes. One thing leads to another, and all is out of our control. An infinite amount of these dominoes are falling right now setting off more dominoes in a SET ORDER. We will as we cannot deviate from the paths that are already set. In a shallow sense we can make our own choices; We can have free will. But we must base them on something that we have no control of. You can agree with me or not. But I believe that is not your choice to make.

yes thats what sets humans apart from most every other animal on earth ...and thats what scares the shit out governments and thats why they are trying soooo hard to crush it with mountains of half arsed rules

By the way that i had lead my life until this very moment, it was all due to free will. yes, i believe in free will

well it depends. free will is commonly described as your ability to say, think, act, feel, anyway or anything you want. but in todays society how much are you really capable of fufilling this idea? we have only enough free will that is allowed by the people who are responsible for making most laws, they determine how far free will actually extends to. so yes and no.

Hmmm free will or pre-destination. Can we do as we please or is this illusional and we are really being guided by some greater force. I think we have a certain amount of free will. Should we decided to do so we can sit at the computer and answer questions on sites like this or we can sit and contemplate philosophy as this section shows us. However the extent of our free will is the limit of our life. No matter how much we may want to be imortal there is no way that we can "make it so" we do have the choice to NO live to the fullest extent of years. cogito ergo sum

As much as I hate determinism, I haven't heard any solid arguments against it.

...some, recognizing identity as unending spirit with the body being merely a projection, might state that, within this knowing, one doesn't believe or have to believe anything, it is simply part of what is.... ...let's pretend, however, that you think that the body, what you see in the mirror, is the entirety and the extent of you, then one might find the concept of free will quite the conundrum... one way out of that seeming conundrum is to equate "thoughts" with "free will," and, in doing so, then yes, it is entirely free.... Thoughts equal cause. Experience equals effect.

Yes, but I don't think it is holy. Even my dog has it. I told him this morning before I left, "SIT" and he looked me straight in the eye and showed me his ass on the way out the door.

Oh yeah. It's the only thing I have that keeps me from being controlled by everyone else. I have loads of spunk. Free will is my core. And the best part? I know the difference between exercising free will and being different just to be stubborn. That's why I don't have problems following the rule, if I feel that the rule is justified.

I wonder. Emotional states like depression, manic happiness, horniness, are being defined and manipulated by neuro-science. We also talk about people having a natural talent for this and that. I, for instance have always sucked at math. I've had tutors, tried various approaches, and have a strong desire to get beyond it because I also like science and physics. But so far I haven't had much luck. That's just an example. So though I would like to believe in free will I think that it's limited. Some people will never be great painters, singers, or educators despite heroic efforts to become so.

i belive in free will to an exstent that u can make ur own choices but when u get 2 opionated u get silanced.

yes. I have never been charged in any way for using will power. However, what I do with it always involves consequences.

Free will in a box. Free will is contained to the laws of this present created world. Every move we make will be checkmated.

Sure do. But the local lawyers seemingly don't; they charge about $1K for a simple uncomplicated will. ;-)

Hell yes! And I will fight to death to keep it too!

I certainly do. Everyone should have free will after they turn 18.

is free will an idea or a fact? if it is an idea then it goes hand in hand with beliefs. if it is a fact then you need not believe it because it is so

Yes Will should be freed as soon as possible he's innocent.

yes, even god believes in free will

I believe in a person's right to choose but our choices are not free they come with consequences good and bad

7-20-2017 We have to believe in free will! we have no choice!