What is your viewpoint on this hotly debated topic, are you a realist or a "religionist" or a combination of both.
Only a new-born infant, less than a few minutes old, has "free will".
Shame it can't control it's actions.
I have freewill, ...
...but my freewill can be taken away so I must have it.
Only a new-born infant, less than a few minutes old, has "free will".
Our social training and experiences in the world will always determine our actions. I.e., you learn things that you shouldn't do, thus are swayed by those teachings and experiences ....so decisions are not really "your" decisions, but are determined by other outside forces.
If you know anything at all about "right n' wrong" or "good n' bad", then you don't have free will. Those very teachings control most of what we do and say. The only way you can have free will is if you don't know anything!