choice of Being
Dan McMillan Philoshophy Instructor Gregory Jarrett The Choice of Being Page 1 Do we choose ourselves? ... For example, factors outside of my control led to me being raised Christian. ... After being home-schooled I concioussly decided that it was a method of learning I really enjoyed. ... So if my actions are the necessary consequences of factors beyond my control, like D’Holbach said, then I ate that cheeseburger today because of a string of events that has been going since the dawn of time that I just being guided through. ... They base not being responsible on the undeniable fact that how could we ever do otherwise than we do. Well since we do have the responsibility of finally making a choice there is no other option than to do what we do. However I think that says nothing about the freedom of a human being to make choices. So yes we could never do anything than what we do, but that is only because some choice or decision has to inevitably be made. ... All I’m really saying is that I have the freedom to do either one I want but I have to make a choice. ... In buying the one I didn’t lose freedom for choosing it I expresssed freedom by making the simple choice.