John Locke's Thought Experiment

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John Locke's Thought Experiment
John’s perception of the idea of the nature of freedom of action as well as freedom of will has assumed a compelling influence on both the philosophy of action and in moral psychology. He provides different explanations to “action and forbearance of will and willing, of voluntary (as opposed to involuntary) actions and forbearances, and of freedom (as opposed to necessity).” Locke’s points of views make him disregard the traditional belief that free will is absurd. On the other hand, his accounts brew up new concerns like “whether we are (or can be) free in respect of willing and whether we are free to will what we will,” concerns he provides distinctive responses. Locke further explores the much-misunderstood subject of what influences the will. He responds to the question at one point and alters his thought after considering some other objective criticism propositioned by his acquittance William Molyneux. Considering Locke’s change of thoughts, he brings up a new explanation relating to the capacity to put on hold the actualization of an individual’s desire – a doctrine which raises much amazement by his interpreters since it illuminates incoherence (Locke, J., 1841).
We can borrow Locke’s doctrine to the case where man is carried off while asleep to a locked room where a person he longs to see and speak to is there. But first, we must explore whether moving the man is voluntary or not voluntary. In my personal view, to begin with, carrying the man into another room while asleep is not voluntary. Persons are subconscious when they are deep asleep, therefore, they cannot make any decision or rather they literally are half dead. Thus, they are able to relate to any physical location change like the man in question here. John categorizes actions and distinguishes the voluntary actions from the involuntary ones. Looking at his accounts of volition, that is, the explanations for “will” and “willing,” he defines “will” as a power an individual has. In respect to this, the man did not exercise his “power” to choose whether to be in the room or not (Locke, J., 1841).
Fast forward to the case when this man wakes up and finds himself in the desirable company and he willingly wants ...