Free Will or Determinism and Human Organizations

4.2

Discussion: F

r

ee Will or Determinism

In your textbook,

A Christian Philosophical Journey

, review the four approaches to freedom

(free will, determinism, indeterminism, and fatalism) in Chapter 10, “Free or Fated?”

Write a 150

-

to 200

-

word description (three to four paragraphs or at least five observations)

about the understanding of freedom

in philosophy (and theology).

a.

Which of the four approaches to freedom do you favor or use in life? Can they all be valid at the

same time? Why or why not?

b.

Does real freedom really exist? Or are all our choices limited in some way?

c.

The Bible says our human

will is corrupted because of original sin, so do humans choose God (a

logical decision) or does God choose humans (by grace)?

d.

What are the main differences between a Calvinist

-

Reformed and a Wesleyan

-

Arminian way of

thinking on these points?

4.2 Discussion: Free Will or Determinism

In your textbook, A Christian Philosophical Journey, review the four approaches to freedom

(free will, determinism, indeterminism, and fatalism) in Chapter 10, “Free or Fated?”

Write a 150- to 200-word description (three to four paragraphs or at least five observations)

about the understanding of freedom in philosophy (and theology).

a. Which of the four approaches to freedom do you favor or use in life? Can they all be valid at the

same time? Why or why not?

b. Does real freedom really exist? Or are all our choices limited in some way?

c. The Bible says our human will is corrupted because of original sin, so do humans choose God (a

logical decision) or does God choose humans (by grace)?

d. What are the main differences between a Calvinist-Reformed and a Wesleyan-Arminian way of

thinking on these points?