A God Without Freedom
“Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains” -Rousseau, Social Contract, 1762 Free will, which grants the ability …
Category Archives: Debate on Free Will
Why Descartes Is Good At Poker
by Eldrick Millares Introduction: Shuffling the Deck “The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is …
Passion and Responsibility
Tom Kennedy Much has been done on account of passion in human history. Our literature is full of stories of …
Selfishly Shunning Choice
Our choices reverberate beyond ourselves: this is a daunting idea that at many times we would rather avoid. Examples abound …
Discovering Freedom in Ethical Dilemmas: An Existentialist Reading of Antigone
In modern society, apologies for questionable actions occasionally include the phrase “I’m sorry, but I just wasn’t myself”. For human …
Forming a Habit of Free Thinking
By Ariadne Nichol Are we capable of being free thinking, autonomous individuals? Some modern scientists and philosophers would answer firmly …
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Judgment Call
By: Ryanne Bamieh Consider a young man who strongly believes in the principle of solidarity. His allegiance to this principle …
The Pitfalls of Habit
by Melissa Du Before we ponder the heavy topic of free will, let us first turn our attention to Steve, …
A Confucian Reading of the Politics of Freedom in Sophocles’ Antigone
by Bryan Cheong We are all political creatures, and cannot be rid of our place in society, and are thereby …
The Yolk of Immaturity: A Psychoanalysis of Creon
By: Ildemaro Gonzalez As men we are born into this preexisting world and into circumstances far beyond our means of …
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