Topic > Free Will: Compatibilism, Libertarianism, and Free Will

Hard determinists believe that all actions and decisions are determined by a number of different causes. Every single mental event, choice, intention, decision and our actions are nothing more than the effect of another equally necessary event (Hondereich). For example, when you choose what to wear in the morning, it is influenced by many different factors such as society, what is in fashion, the weather, whether you are affiliated with a religion and even other factors. The scientific proof of this statement is linked to Isaac Newton's Theory of Relativity which states that for every action there are positive and/or negative results. In some ways this is similar to hard determinist theory. Our actions vary from wants, desires and motivations, which are basically caused by specific conditions, as mentioned above. Freud stated that factors such as needs and desires are the result of psychological conditioning and that our repressed feelings produced by the human psyche (Id, Ego and Super Ego) come together uncontrollably later in life influencing all the actions and decisions we will make.