So we've been debating in my philosophy class that there's no such thing as a free will. So basically what the teacher was saying is that how can we be truly free and make decisions when we have so many factors influencing them (like hereditary or environment?) So are our choices truly free? He also said that if we live in a world that is governed by certain laws(i.e. the laws of physics), how are we able to decide what to do more so than a chair decides where to move if pushed?
Are we living in an illusion of free choice? After giving it some thought, it would seem that we make "conditional choices" and not truly free ones.
What do you guys think?
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