Not really, although the illusion of it may be essential. We don't think our thoughts before we think them. They simply spring into being.

As much as the next person allows

Yes, but not as we commonly think about it. There is our individual "micro" free will, that each human feels as their autonomy. But as each human is just a splinter of God, this free will is an illusion. Then there is the "macro" free will of God, the grand plan, played out through all of us.

Free will bounded by likeness to The Original Essence of Measure. Any will that doesnt match The Original Essence of Measure leads to pain and then to death.

Yes.

I think there is limited free will. We are all born in a certain context that can define who we are. If I'm born in the favelas of Brasil, the chances are slim that I will become the next astronaut to go to the ISS. But I still think that's what it is: chance, or probability. I dont believe in destiny, which means I must adhere to some kind of free will theory. My theory is that our circumstances of birth and youth carve a path for us, but we can choose to tread elsewhere. Out of millions of people in a given situation, there will always be one that does something different, and history has plenty of evidence to the fact. So we can either choose to follow the path, or take chances and fight for a different outcome. IF that's not at least partial free will, then Im not sure what is.

Yes, there is free will. Our ability to access it depends largely on our ability to elevate our awareness to see and understand what influences our thinking.

No, but it's fun to think about.

Yes but I'm exploring the idea that everything was already written from the beginning of time.

No.

There is free will and it is constrained by social contexts. With the exception of those with mental health problems or whose social situations (privilege or deprivation) have profoundly damaged them, humans are socialized to take responsibility for our actions and we should.

It seems so. We may be subject to influences from outside forces, though it seems decisions are ours to make.

Determinism is such a complex web that we have the appearance of free will. So at an individual level, we do have "choices", but ultimately given the same exact situation we would "choose" the same thing every time. This is a liberating concept instead of the classic "than why even try". We are still the people we are and our lives matter as a sample of one and because we can't even begin to fathom the inputs into our formula it is a fun ride that no one can ever totally predict. The one caveat, is that of chance (at the theoretical level). If for example I choose between two majors (real life example) by flipping a coin I have still have made the determined choice to leave my life in the hands of a coin. Would my life have been different, yes, but I would have made the choice to flip the coin every time. From there I simply moved from one life path to an alternate one and then continued to react to the situations placed in front of me.

Yes, but within the boundaries of fate.

It sure as hell feels like it. But we are just a ping pong ball, dropped into a sea of billions of other ping pong balls and mouse traps. We are at the forefront of our trajectory, so it feels like decision-making. But we are simply a product of where we are dropped and what we bounce off of.

Nope, only circumstances in space and time.

Yes. The universe exists because of free will.

Of course. If there is no free will, there is no POINT. And I can't stomach the idea that none of this has a point.

Yes, but it's not what we think. As the source energy animates our hardware (our bodies) in a unique place and time, that source energy manifests into a life, a personality, decisions, emotions. But it's all driven by the source energy. IT has free will, not US. Because, really, there is no us.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.

Yes. Otherwise, I couldn't decide to write this.

I say that man is condemned to be free. Condemned, because he did not create himself, yet he is nevertheless a liberty, and from the moment he is thrown into this world he is responsible for everything he does. Man is responsible for his passion.

This is that human freedom, which all boast that they possess, and which consists solely in the fact, that men are conscious of their own desire, but are ignorant of the causes whereby that desire has been determined.

Yes, but only in the sense that through attainment of true freedom, all spontaneous thought and action is rooted in harmony with the cosmic.

If there is good and evil, the free will is necessary to choose between them.

Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please - they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past.

He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.

Nope, it's all based on society.

In as much as our brains and internal algorithms allow.

Yes, and it exists in accordance with dharma or moral obligation/ individual purpose.

It was, until donuts were created.

Only to the extent you believe you will be punished, or rewarded, for the things you do.

I am not very impressed with theological arguments whatever they may be used to support. Such arguments have often been found unsatisfactory in the past.

Yes. Small but useful in the right place. Think fulcrum.

If there is, I would expect to find a proof of it in another species. Isn't it merely an ability or preference to choose one might display in their behaviour? Most humans I know prefer not to choose upon reflection.

The longer I live, I think not so much. But yes, in small doses.

By purest definition free will does exist but it is not a possibility for anything that must take variables outside itself into account when it makes a choice.

Yes. But it lacks objectivity.

Yes. Original ideas cannot be programed into the human mind. Regardless of mental pull, chemical preferences can be overcome.

There is only free will because all limits are invented and illusory. Every moment is a free choice throughout time.

Yes, it exists, but there are limitations on this plane at certain times that can restrain free will.

Humans are social beings from the very beginning and it is the very reason that we have been able to evolve to this point. Free will is the product growing out of social oppression and cultural constraint.

Yes and no. From personal experience it seems like this is obvious, but from intuition I say maybe. I have had dreams about events that happened in the future so does this mean that everything is possibly predestined?

Hazrat Ali said, you can raise your one leg, thats your free will, limitation is the inability to raise the other.

Yes, unless there's a piece of chocolate in front of me. 

Order which allows us to function.

Yes, I believe that we have alternative states to choose from but I also think very little of what we do comes from our conscious free will. I do not think we are like rocks falling off the face of a cliff due to erosion.

As long as you are capable of freeing your mind of constraints. But that's unlikely, so, probably not.

Necessary and useful idea if we want talk good and evil. And we need to. So, sure there is.

Yes, but it's not completely free.

Definitely, actions are not predetermined.

Absolutely, but by who or what supernatural force grants us this ability remains unknown.

Willpower costs energy, so no its not free.

Of course. Don't be silly. That is the whole POINT of being human.

Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end-It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

Our POV--Yes, we have free will. But to an observer outside linear time--To them our lives would appear to exist at all times at once--Therefore, we have free will, but it is an illusion. Can we make a difference--Yes, but it's not up to us.

As I have built my world, I am responsible for it and for my actions, even if sometimes I don't know what I am doing. I feel that I have many freedoms, but in the same time I realize that I am a part of the cosmic interdependent web of causality.

Man has his own inclinations and a natural will which, in his actions, by means of his free choice, he follows and directs.

Yes. The lack of free will implies destiny. Destiny implies intelligent design. Intelligent design implies a god playing with action figures. Some sort of god may have created us, and even watching us, but I don't think he's a puppet master.

Yes- private zone of undetermination