Anything that a human being decides as far as their actions or thought go is free will. Free will is irrespective of your situation. To use your Mandella example:
If he were given a breakfast menu then he could select eggs or pancakes - this is free will. He had the opportunity to choose. Since he was not given a menu his choices were limited but he still had free will. He could have chosen not to eat. He could have chosen to eat 30 minutes later. He could have chosen to eat only the toast and not the rancid fruit. Again - he still had free will. Howie --- On Thursday, July 28, 2005 2:19 PM, Dana scribed: --- > > abdication is a choice. > > Dana > > On 7/28/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> No. This was settled in the early eighties by philosophers from the >> great White North. >> >> "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." >> >> >> >> On 7/28/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> stand by for dana to go all existentialist on you. If you have free >>> will, but and could act on it but don't, haven't you abdicated it? >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167040 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
