Free Will
自由意志
A: Do you believe in free will, Frank? Or do you think that everything a person does is determined in advance?
B: I think that man always has free choice.
A: But look. Suppose you knew everything about someone, where he was born, what his parents were like, everything that happened to him since he was a baby, even what he had for breakfast and how his shoes were tied. If you know all those things, don't you think you could predict his behavior?
B: Stated that way I might be tempted to agree. But surely you don't believe one can ever know all these things about people. For all practical purposes, you'd have to say man has free will.
Notes
Free will 自由的選擇
Stated-said, presented
Tempted-induced, lured
A：你相信自由意志嗎，弗蘭克？或者你認為一個人做的每件事都是事先定好的？
B：我想每人都可能隨時做出選擇。
A：但是，假定你知道某人的一切：他在何處出生，他的父母是什么模樣，從幼兒起他所經(jīng)歷的一切事，甚至他早餐吃些什么和他鞋如何系鞋帶。如果你知道所有這些事，難道你不認為你能預知他的行為嗎？
B：在這個意義上，我會同意你的說法。但是你肯定不會認為一個人能夠了解到有關別人的所有這些細節(jié)。因此，現(xiàn)實地說，你還是應該承認人有無法預計的自由行動的可能。
自由意志
A: Do you believe in free will, Frank? Or do you think that everything a person does is determined in advance?
B: I think that man always has free choice.
A: But look. Suppose you knew everything about someone, where he was born, what his parents were like, everything that happened to him since he was a baby, even what he had for breakfast and how his shoes were tied. If you know all those things, don't you think you could predict his behavior?
B: Stated that way I might be tempted to agree. But surely you don't believe one can ever know all these things about people. For all practical purposes, you'd have to say man has free will.
Notes
Free will 自由的選擇
Stated-said, presented
Tempted-induced, lured
A：你相信自由意志嗎，弗蘭克？或者你認為一個人做的每件事都是事先定好的？
B：我想每人都可能隨時做出選擇。
A：但是，假定你知道某人的一切：他在何處出生，他的父母是什么模樣，從幼兒起他所經(jīng)歷的一切事，甚至他早餐吃些什么和他鞋如何系鞋帶。如果你知道所有這些事，難道你不認為你能預知他的行為嗎？
B：在這個意義上，我會同意你的說法。但是你肯定不會認為一個人能夠了解到有關別人的所有這些細節(jié)。因此，現(xiàn)實地說，你還是應該承認人有無法預計的自由行動的可能。