Free Human Choice
A Free Human Choice is a free choice that is a person's choice.
- AKA: Unforced Personal Decision.
- Context:
- It can range from being an Intentional Choice to being an Inauthentic Choice (such as from self-deception).
- It can range from being a Wise Human Choice to being an Unwise Human Choice.
- It can range from being a Fully-Conscious Free Human Choice ("sign here") to being a Partially-Conscious Free Human Choice.
- It can range from being a Subjective Free Human Choice ("my gut tells me") to being an Objective Free Human Choice.
- It can range from being a Short-Term Free Human Choice to being a Long-Term Free Human Choice (such as marriage).
- It can range from being a Difficult-to-Perform Free Human Choice (publish a book) to being a Easy-to-Perform Free Human Choice (spectate an event).
- It can range from being a Predictable Free Human Choice ("work for money") to being a Random Free Human Choice (such as a craps game dice roll).
- It can range from being a Low-Risk Free Human Choice to being a High-Risk Free Human Choice.
- It can range from being a Low-Payoff Free Human Choice to being a High-Payoff Free Human Choice.
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- Example(s):
- a choice to eat.
- a choice to work.
- a choice to keep-up with the Joneses.
- a Passing-Time Choice, such as a choice to maintain a flower garden, or video bingeing.
- a Moral Choice, such as a choice to donate a kidney or a choice to steal someone's purse.
- a Self-Deceived Choice.
- a Euthanasia Choice.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- a Forced Human Choice, such as a soldier ordered to perform an act.
- an Unconscious Human Decision, such as a child's decision.
- an Unforced Conscious AI Choice.
- an Unforced Group Decision Act.
- See: Chosen Act, Courage, Free Will, Altruistic Act, Existentialism.
References
2008
- (Sooniong et al., 2008) ⇒ Chun S. Sooniong, Marcel Brass, Hans-Jochen Heinze, and John-Dylan Haynes. (2008). “Unconscious Determinants of Free Decisions in the Human Brain." Nature neuroscience 11, no. 5
- (Baumeister, 2008) ⇒ Roy F. Baumeister . (2008). “Free Will in Scientific Psychology." Perspectives on psychological science 3, no. 1
1997
- (Baumeister & Sommer, 1997) ⇒ Roy F. Baumeister, and Kristin L. Sommer. (1997). “Consciousness, Free Choice, and Automaticity.” In: The automaticity of everyday life: Advances in social cognition 10
- QUOTE: The increased understanding of automatic processes fundamentally influenced and altered social psychology's view of human nature since 1985. In John Rargh's target chapter, he shows why he is a leader in illuminating these processes. His elegant reasoning and innovative experiments shed considerable light on how motivational and cognitive processes alter people's behavior with often little or no conscious awareness tint they are being affected.
… suggest that the understanding of automatic processes may eventually take over psychology to the extent that conscious processes and deliberative choice become outdated, superfluous concepts. In his words, "it may well be that there ultimately is no future for conscious processing in accounts of the mind, in the sense of free will and choice” (chap. 1, p. 52). In our view, such a conclusion requires a drastic leap of faith that goes far beyond what the data warrant. Beyond that, we want to propose a different understanding of the role of conscious processes in human behavior. Bargh may have trouble finding evidence of the effects of consciousness because he is looking in the wrong place.
Specifically, we propose that the role of consciousness is to override automatic, habitual, or standard responses on the infrequent occasions when such intervention is needed. Consciousness thus undermines the lawful, predictable nature of human behavior and produces a situation of relative indeterminacy. Such an approach allows us to treat Bargh's contributions as vital keys for achieving a new, expanding view of human nature and mental functioning-but nonetheless a slightly different view than the one he suggests in his chapter.
- QUOTE: The increased understanding of automatic processes fundamentally influenced and altered social psychology's view of human nature since 1985. In John Rargh's target chapter, he shows why he is a leader in illuminating these processes. His elegant reasoning and innovative experiments shed considerable light on how motivational and cognitive processes alter people's behavior with often little or no conscious awareness tint they are being affected.
1972
- (Weiner, 1972) ⇒ Bernard Weiner. (1972). “Theories of Motivation: From Mechanism to Cognition." xx xx
1955
- (Simon, 1955) ⇒ Herbert A. Simon. (1955). “A Behavioral Model of Rational Choice." The quarterly journal of economics