Does man really have free will?

We sacrafice freedoms to do anything for protection while living among each other. It's our liberties that are important.

Yes we still have free will, but must take into account then influence the free will of others have on our decisions.

If this is ESPECIALLY for a research project, I would strongly advise going to the library and consulting the following text:

Religious Philosophy: A Group of Essays by Harry Wolfson

He traces the history of the idea of free-will.

Some think that the ideas of free-will and creation from nothing were simply a response to the question: What is the difference between Christian teachings and Greek philosophy?

It may be too ironic that the latin word for free-will ("voluntas"), is only a letter away from the latin word for pleasure ("voluptas").

The Greeks never had a concept of free-will, only a concept of choice. Also, many of the Church fathers never speak of "free-will," but speak of "free CHOICE of the will."

This is one of the most debated questions of all time. The arguement is that from a purely scientific view point everything is predestined because each action has a predictable reaction and our brain's thought processes are just highly complex actions and reactions. I myself prefer to think that I have freewill but that might just be the sequence of the physical reactions making me have that thought.

It is one of the five characteristics of the soul:

1. Self-consciousness

2. Mentality

3. Volition (free will)

4. Norms and Standards

5. Emotion

For a conclusion, you should mention that whether free will exists or not, the belief in it is essential to live a meaningful human life. Free will is the basis of faith, which is something that everybody needs a little of.

I believe man has limited free will. from a philosophical point of view our free will is nothing more than a a measurement of what we can do in any situation. if we have true free will then there would be little that we couldn't do. our will is limited by our situation, our morals, and our imagination. we have little free will because we allow ourselves to be programed to work within a set of parameters we call reality.

Yes

i do believe that there is no such thing as free will as every action we take is governed by considerations like effect on our friends ,family,our job,our social settings and most importantly on our own self.In any case are we really free of our own inhibitions ,shortcomings ,doubts or fears?There isn't any free will -what comes close is doing or undertaking something that doesnt hurt someone you care about.That is as free as u can get

No. All my thoughts are the result of chemical reactions that my brain was programmed by dna to respond to. I cannot control the reactions anymore than I can change my genetic makeup.

Yes. Obviously. How could anyone ask such a silly question? Well, you had the free will to do so, didn't you?