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Freedom/Free Will and Moral Responsiblity : A Reality or an Illusion?

Are we free or are we determined. Does being free held us accountable for our actions?   Free will is a man's capacity to rationalise to be able to choose to act the way he wants to, moral responsibility is when he is accountable and responsible for his own actions. According Moya (2006.p.01) when it comes to moral responsibility; he argues that, " the property of human agents by virtue of which they are truly and objectively deserve moral praise or blame for some of their actions". Some argue that, there is not a sceptical challenge on this property. And free will is when free agents are who are the main actors who determine their own actions; in this way a man is held accountable and responsible for any action he does since he acts in his own accord-in all, "freedom is a necessary condition for moral responsibility (Moya.,2006.p.01). However, there is a scepticism on the notion that; having a free will and being morally responsible is impossible.  Im