Fate
FATE, DESTINY, AND FATALITY?
PHIL 1030
October 29, 2007
Fate, Destiny, and Fatality?
Fate is something that unavoidably befalls a person, such as fortune or lot. It is sometimes described as inevitable or predetermined. Fate is also sometimes interchangeable with destiny. It is a theory based on the idea that there is a preset accepted order to life. Fate or destiny is sometimes seen as fixed and unchangeable or inevitable, others believe that people choose their own destiny by making the choices throughout their life. Fatalism falls under the category of fate and/or destiny. Fatalism in philosophy is the doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable predetermination. There are many arguments against fate, destiny, and fatalism. One argument is Science. Science says that the most basic details of matter behave in an undetermined manner, and therefore no such thing as predetermination can exist. Another main argument is free will. The idea if fate undermines the whole idea of free will. Free will is a free and independent choice or voluntary decision. I believe that fate and destiny make individuals feel better about the decisions and life they make for themselves. On the basis of my religious and social beliefs, I intend to prove this by using philosophy and observations in my readings of primary and secondary sources to argue my opinion.
Fatalism is described as the view which holds that all events in history of the world, in particular the actions and incidents which make up the story of each individual life, are determined by fate. Fate in history has played many roles. In ancient Greece, Greek playwrights depicted men as helpless and born alongside destiny and that fate, destiny, and the gods would forever control his life. One ancient argument is called the idle argument. The idle argument said if it is fated for you to recover from illness, you will recover whether you call a doctor or not,...
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