The controversy between free will and determinism has been argued about for
years. What is the difference between the two? Looking in a dictionary, free will is the
power, attributed to human beings, of making free choices that are unconstrained by
external circumstances or by an agency such as fate or divine will. Free will allows free
choice. Yet, determinism is the total opposite. Determinism has this definition: The
philosophical doctrine that every event, act, and decision is the inescapable consequence
of antecedents that are independent of the human will. Determinism s…
