Hayagriva, Philosophy Discussions on Rene Descartes: […] Continuing Descartes, he writes, “It is not an imperfection in God that He has given me the freedom of assenting or not assenting to things of which He has not placed a clear and distinct knowledge in my understanding. On the other hand, unquestionably it is an imperfection in me that I do not use this freedom right.”
So, but one may then ask, why doesn’t God give us the understanding whereby we can choose properly in all cases?
Prabhupada: Free will means that you can act wrongly. That is free will. Unless there is chance of doing wrong or right, there is no question of free will. Where is free will then? If I act only one sided, that means I have no free will. Because we act sometimes wrongly, that means free will. Full conversation
Why free will may be an illusion|NewScientist
NewScientist, April 18 2011: Does free will actually exist? Or are we all just biological robots?
In this video, see why modern neuroscience claims free will is an illusion and why psychology experiments suggest we may be better off believing the lie. Controlling our own destiny is so ingrained in modern society that its non-existence is constantly being challenged.
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