https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p Period 1 Question 4: Free Will en-us 2016-08-24 15:36:05 UTC 2025-12-16 02:39:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecoffee.png https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119633139 2016-08-24 16:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119633139 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119674196 The true causes to the choices that we make according to Harris is our background causes. The free will is either our wills determined by prior causes. We do not have the control or freedom we think we might have]]> 2016-08-24 18:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119674196 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119704331 2016-08-24 21:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119704331 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119704373 2016-08-24 21:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119704373 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119710022 According to Harris, the true causes of choices we make are based on our past events and experiences. Also, our environment and personal surroundings can have an influential impact on the choices we make. ]]> 2016-08-24 21:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119710022 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119714558 Harris believes that the true causes of the choices we make are caused by our past experiences. He also says that our surroundings and environment control our choices]]> 2016-08-24 22:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119714558 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119718283 According to Harris, our choices are formed from previous events and experiences that managed to influence us in the smallest of ways. A habit such as repeatedly clicking a pen while deep in thought could be the product of multiple past events that we had merely been witness to.]]> 2016-08-24 23:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119718283 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119718941 According to Harris, the true causes of our choices are determined by the influence of previous events causing our minds to react. Our environment and surroundings cause our choices too.]]> 2016-08-24 23:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119718941 1000002409 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119720368 Harris believes that the choices we make are caused by our own past experiences and the way we were raised.  He also claims that we are influenced by our surroundings as well as impulses due to unconscious thoughts within our brain.]]> 2016-08-25 00:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119720368 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119721580 Harris states that the true causes of the choices we make are past experiences which leads to cause and effect. The environment and surroundings also have an effect on choices made by the person]]> 2016-08-25 00:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119721580 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119722942 Harris believes that choices are made for us through the events in our brains that our conscious self can't identify. The past events and also our everyday surroundings affect our neurophysiological thought which ultimately makes a choice for us. ]]> 2016-08-25 00:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119722942 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119724192 Harris beliefss choices ]]> 2016-08-25 00:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119724192 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119724638 According to Harris, the true cause of the choices we make are influenced by decisions that we've made in our past because of the neurophysiological events that have produced them. We are unaware of the choices we make because we have no conscious control over them.]]> 2016-08-25 00:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119724638 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119724760 According to Harris, free will is nothing but outside influences acting on our brains to make us do certain things. He also believes that experiences we have had in our pasts can have an effect on our actions. ]]> 2016-08-25 00:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119724760 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119726273 In Harris' opinion, he believes that all choices made in our life is subconsciously decided from prior events and experiences. He states that everything that occurs around us in the environment are a huge factor on how our brain makes decisions. Every little facet we witness in life has some sort of influence on our body.]]> 2016-08-25 01:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119726273 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119727925 Harris asserts that the causes of the choices we make are due to past events. Without us knowing, our brain will make choices influenced by these past events. In fact people can make decisions 7-10 seconds before they "know" they made that decision. ]]> 2016-08-25 01:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119727925 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119731362 According to Harris, the true cause of choice is predetermined by all past events we have experienced all of the environments we have been surrounded with leading up to the choice.]]> 2016-08-25 01:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119731362 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119733191 According to Harris, the reason we make certain choices is because of past experiences and our environment. For Komisarjevsky, a possible reason he did the terrible things he did was because as a child he was repeatedly raped. Do to this severe trauma he grew up in an environment that was absolutely terrible producing a damaged person. ]]> 2016-08-25 02:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119733191 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119734953 According to Harris, the events that we have lived, choices we have made, and surroundings we are found in, all effect and control the decision you will make next. ]]> 2016-08-25 02:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119734953 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119735515 Harris argues that all of our choices are rooted in the stimuli surrounding us at any given time. He believes that all of our actions are determined by our environment, neurological state, prior experiences and introspection. Even the illusion of conscious choice is a factor in our actions according to Harris.]]> 2016-08-25 02:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119735515 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119738106 Harris argues that the choices we make are determined by our past experiences and our environment. He believes that life is an endless cycle of cause and effect and the choices of people surrounding us directly affects our own choices.]]> 2016-08-25 03:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119738106 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119739361 Harris argues that the choices we make are completely illusory. He goes on to say that the causes of our decisions are based on events in our lives and the environments we have been exposed to. He also states the fact that researchers have proven that our brains decide our actions reportedly up to 300 milliseconds before we act.]]> 2016-08-25 03:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119739361 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119739405 Harris argues that all of our choices are made by prior experiences throughout our lives and the environment in which we are brought up from. We then become unaware of our decisions because we narrow down the choices until we've found one that relates to the environment we are accustomed to.

]]> 2016-08-25 03:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119739405 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119740723 To Harris, the cause of choices we make are past events. We are influenced by decisions we have previously made and slowly create a repetitive system in our life. ]]> 2016-08-25 03:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119740723 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119741077 Harris asserts that the choices we make stem from past events in our lives. All of our decisions are part of this cause and effect system which is ongoing throughout the entirety of our own existence, and our environment has a strong influence on all of our decisions in life.]]> 2016-08-25 03:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119741077 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119746413 According to Harris, the true causes of the choices we make are past experiences and environmental influences all determining how our brain is going to react to the choice.]]> 2016-08-25 04:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119746413 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119748318 The causes of the choices we choose are the byproduct of both environmental pressure and past experiences as stated by Harris. Our decisions are made unconsciously before it even computes in our consciousness that we have already made a choice according to him.]]> 2016-08-25 05:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119748318 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119749438 Harris argues that previous experiences and environmental factors are the true causes of human choices. These stimuli influence our unconscious mind. The unconscious mind ultimately dictates the decisions that humans act upon. Harris supports his argument by showing a study conducted by physiologist Benjamin Libet. Libet demonstrated that activity in the brain's motor cortex can be identified 300 milliseconds before that person feels that they have decided to act. Therefore, human beings do not have the conscious ability to make their own decisions. ]]> 2016-08-25 05:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119749438 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119759942 According to harris, free will is non-existent. All choices we make in our present lives are a product of all the other experiences we've had, and different events in our life cause us to do things the way we do them. He also explains that our surroundings have a big impact on the way we decide paths in our life, and the environment around us contributes to what move will make next, rather than us using our own minds to decide. ]]> 2016-08-25 07:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119759942 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119809524 According to Harris, the choices we make is really being chosen as a result of our previous experience with that sort of thing. ]]> 2016-08-25 13:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119809524 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119817741 According to Harris, all of our actions can be explained by a subconscious experience that can control how we think, feel , and react ]]> 2016-08-25 14:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/119817741 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/120010176 2016-08-26 12:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/120010176 https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/120010228 Sam Harris makes the assertion that our choices are pre-determined by underlying and subconscious decisions our brain make due to preceding causes, such as our environment. He believes there is no free will and that ]]> 2016-08-26 12:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/charrington4/eenmr95qjq5p/wish/120010228