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rules. Nature is also governed by her own set of rules. So, doesnt it hold true that mankind should have some overall guideline or rules upon which his destiny and
lifes purposes are hinged? What this viewpoint seems to boil down to is how one considers human beings. Is a human being a moral agent, or more a fully
natural entity? These may sound like the same thing, but it truly would be like comparing the actions of dogs and the actions of humans. Dogs, especially male dogs, for
example, simply must urinate on every available surface within a given radius. They cannot help themselves. Whereas, Man has the option. If a human male urinates on every available object
within a given radius of his own home, then he did so out of a conscious decision. Therefore, he made a moral choice. In other words, the man was not
only capable of the action, but capable of free action. The man had control over the act; the dog did not. However, just the opposite can be considered to be
true if one falls into the determinist camp. The determinists believe that mankind is just a much an agent of his environment and chemical make-up as the rest of the
animals on the planet, that the arrogant assumption that because mankind has a brain, he is somehow above cause and effect is a false belief. The other question
that arises when viewing the two perspectives is why, if one believes in determinism, human behavior is so unpredictable. One would think that if a human being were purely a
physical and biological machine, operating, more or less on a preset path, that his actions would be predictable. But, they are not. For example, one could predict that upon
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