Blog 17: Minority Report, Oedipus, and free will

Free will is just an illusion to some person because they don’t believe that they are able to be free and do whatever they want. In the article “Free Will and Determinism in the World of Minority Report”, having free will is thought to require two things: alternate possibilities and self-control. The idea of free will could cause threat to free will. In the movie John Anderson was told he was going to kill Leo Crow. John still ends up holding up a gun to him debating to kill him or not. Even though he knew he was going to kill him, he still chose to be in the position to kill him. He had the chance to not kill him and he still put his freedom in danger. This shows that you can both be safe with free will and still have your freedom in danger. Even though they can stop you from committing the crime, you cannot be completely free. Oedipus deals with the same issue of free will because he is trying to find out who he is. Little did Oedipus know, he fate was already set for him because of mainly his pride and stubbornness. He defeated the Sphinx with the puzzles and ended up marrying his mother. It is hard to believe in both fate and free will because if you fate is already set then what is the point of free will.