The doctrine that human beings (and possibly other beings, such angels or higher animals) are able to choose their actions without being caused to do so by external forces
For Beccaria and the classical school, even though people are hedonistic, they also possess reason, and can therefore calculate the course of action that is really in their self-interest This gives them a degree of freedom over their situation
The ability to make choices When it comes to faith, God's grace and our free will interact Our coming to faith is a result of God's initiative in extending His love to us in Christ We have the capacity to accept or reject, because God has made us in His image
If you believe in free will, you believe that people have a choice in what they do and that their actions have not been decided in advance by God or by any other power. the free will of the individual
{i} voluntary decision, free choice; doctrine that human behavior is undertaken freely rather than being determined by prior causes or divine intervention
Free will is a person’s capacity to freely chose to repent and be saved All branches of the historic Church affirm that we have free will, except Calvinists Calvinists argue that free will impugns God’s sovereignty The rest of the Church disagrees, observing that scriptures tell us to choose and to obey, two things we cannot possibly do without free will
the ability that everyone has to make choices about their life - the Universal Law says: "Don't break anyone's free will, and don't let anyone break yours "
If you do something of your own free will, you do it by choice and not because you are forced to do it. Would Bethany return of her own free will, as she had promised?