Freewill

[DougShrapnel]

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If you dont have free will to control your emotions (and by this I will assume you include things like desires and motivations and preferences) then who really cares if its possible to choose C or !C? Your preferences dictate your choices, and you are at the mercy of your preferences.

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If you are raised by a worthless mother, who fed you at McDonalds, Burger King and Dunkin Donuts a good portion of childhood, and you were 60lbs overweight when you left home and learned about proper diet in college, you would now have free will to choose what you will eat.

Your mind will crave the junk, your desire to break the cycle, if strong enough, will win the battle. Just like an alcoholic, mentally & physically addicted, can free his mind of the desire to drink over time.

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Irrelevant. You are haggling over which of your uncontrollable desires makes your decisions for you, your desire for the alcohol or your desire to overcome your alcoholism. The end result is the same.

[/ QUOTE ]Well I think you could do it that way, or you could haggle over whether your desires control you(no free will) or you can control your action regardless of desires(free will). What is it that forbids the ability to be in control of "you". Ok so what do you call the actions that one makes that aren't instinct or reflexes, but purposeful, deliberate actions?