1) American non-fiction book 2) Concept in metaphysics 3) Free and independent choice
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/free-will
The faculty or capability of making a reasonable choice from among several alternatives.
Found on
http://archstl.org/becomingcatholic/page/catholic-glossary
Free will is the ability of agents to make choices unimpeded by certain factors. Factors of historical concern have included metaphysical constraints (such as logical, nomological, or theological determinism), physical constraints (such as chains or imprisonment), social constraints (such as threat of punishment or censure), and mental constraints...
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will
• A will free from improper coercion or restraint. • The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.
Found on
http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/free_will/
in humans, the power or capacity to choose among alternatives or to act in certain situations independently of natural, social, or divine ... [44 related articles]
Found on
http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/59
In philosophy, a faculty that human beings are alleged to require in order to be able to make moral choices. Philosophical theories in which humans are assumed to have free will formally conflict with those in which human actions are considered to be determined by causes (see causality) beyond our c...
Found on
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/F/free_will.html
The doctrine that human beings are free to control their own actions, and that these actions are not fixed in advance by God or fate. Some Jewish and Christian theologians assert that God gave...
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
Free will 1. A will free from improper coercion or restraint. « To come thus was I not constrained, but did On my
free will .»
Shak. 2. The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/73
the freedom of conscious choice of moral agents, irrespective of the significant influence of genetic endowment, environment, and cultural circumstance.
Found on
http://www.philosophicalsociety.com/glossary.htm
the capacity of rational agents to choose a course of action from among various alternatives.
Found on
http://www.philosophybasics.com/general_glossary.html
the faculty or capability of making a reasonable choice among several alternatives.
Found on
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/other/glossary
[
n] - the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
Found on
http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=free%20will
noun the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
: The free-will doctrine, opposed to determinism, ascribes to the human will freedom in one or more of the following senses: The freedom of indeterminacy is the will's alleged independence of antecedent conditions, psychological and physiological. A free-will in this sense is at least partially uncaused or is not related in a uniform way with the ....
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21203
The doctrine that human beings are free to control their own actions, and that these actions are not fixed in advance by God or fate. Some Jewish and Christian theologians assert that God gave humanity free will to choose between good and evil; others that God has decided in advance the outcome of all human choices (predestination), as in Calvi...
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21221
free and independent choice; voluntary decision: You took on the responsibility of your own free will. · the doctrine that the conduct of human beings expresses personal choice and is not simply determined by physical or divine forces.
Found on
https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/free-will
the belief that we have the freedom to choose our own paths, destiny is not what guides our future
Found on
https://zoroastrianismforbeginners.weebly.com/glossary.html
No exact match found.
