Freewill does not exist. Instead there are a variety of factors which determine the choices we make. These could include genes, upbringing, religion, friends, life experience. Every choice we make is influenced by one or more of these factors and so is not made freely by us. As evidence you could consider how humans are like machines which and act according to how they have been programmed. When a human commits an immoral act it is due to faulty programming. Our programming can be both external, (such as experience, family or friends) and internal (genetics). If we know what influences someone, we should be able to predict the choices they make. This links to psychological behaviourism (think about salivating students, or students when the lesson bell sounds). Evolutionary scientists such a Richard Dawkins argue that genes have an influence on our behaviour (the selfish gene) Science in general argues that the universe acts according to unchanging laws. Everything has a cause and this includes human choices. This makes Determinism incompatible with the existence of freewill, therefore freewill does not exist.
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