Determinism is a view according to which, given the state of the world at any time, only one future is possible. Hard Determinism is supported by two ideas. The first idea is for those that believe in God. They would say, “God is all-knowing.” If God is all knowing than he already knows what is going to happen in the future. This means there is no alternative possibilities, and events must happen how god foreseen them. The second idea of hard determinism is supported by the laws of nature that include Newton’s laws of motion, gravity and governing the electric magnetic fields. For hard determinist these are the two reasons for believing no one has free will. These views are more fate over free will.
In the play Oedipus the King, Oedipus is told his future by Teiresias that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus tried to tell his own future by leaving town. Since his future was already determined he end up killing an old man who was actually his father and ends up with his mother as the blind prophet Teiresias envisioned. In Minority Report when John Anderton confronts Leo Crow, he tries to arrest Crow rather than kill him but Crow who wanted to die grabs for Anderton's gun and is shot. Even though, Anderton accidentally shoots Crow plays a role in Crow's death which was accurately predicted by the precog, Agatha.
In a way I agree with hard determinism because I believe in god seeing and knowing everything that we do, it is also backed up by science and can almost be proven. The one thing that got me thinking that was said by Michael Huemer in the article was “Unless we have free will, we are not responsible for our actions.” That quote makes you think about the whole plot of pre-crime in the movie “Minority Report.” They were arresting citizens in Washington for crimes they would of committed in the future but there is also the possibility of them not committing murder if given the opportunity to think about it. What they should of done was monitor the citizens and have police ready if they were to attempt murder.
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