Hard Determinism Argument

The Free Will Problem Hard Determinism is the best possible answer to the free will problem. It is the theory that past event’s directly cause future events, therefore, the future is casually determined. While this may seem like a daunting thought, it isn’t. Some will argue that Hard Determinism is not the best true, Libertarians are a good example of these kinds of people. They believe that we are able to directly influence events that happen, and how they happen, directly choosing our future. That theory, however, is false because while we may be able to affect or influence certain events, we are not able to directly choose what happens to us. Therefore, because of the true inability to directly choose what happens to us, Hard Determinism is the best argument. Baron D’Holbach, author of “The System of Nature”, pieced together an argument that was able to draw the following conclusion1; “1) A human being is a material (i.e., a physical) thing. 2) All changes in material things are determined by immutable laws (i.e., the laws of science). Therefore: All changes made by humans are determined by immutable laws. 1) To be free, an action must be …show more content…
It doesn’t sugar coat anything and forces you to look at it at face value. So many things rely on the predictability and scientific nature of Hard Determinism. Cause and effect, matter, the rising and the setting of the sun, all of these things are determined and they make up our world. We know everything happens with a purpose and a reason and what is left for us to discover it the why. Being able to prove why is so much more of a fulfilling experience. At the end of the day it is already determined what you believe, whether it be believing that we have free will or that we don’t. However, Hard Determinism will always be the superior theory. With its scientific approach to physical and non-physical problems it is just the most