Incompatibility of David Humes Arguments Research

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Incompatibility of David Hume’s Arguments
David Hume explored the human action and what renders them to act the way they do. In his explorations, Hume came up with the free will and free action argument and the causal determinism as the main guidelines for human actions. Several scholars and philosophers have argued for and against Hume’s believes in an effort to explore and challenge his thinking of human nature. This study takes the approaches of incompatibility in challenging the ingenuity of Hume’s arguments on free will and causal determinism. The first argument is based on the fact that free will is guided by the ability to make a choice on what action to take, and also, to make a choice is based on the availability of genuine options which to choose from. This approach is called the consequence argument. The second argument is based on the fact that if determinism is true, then our actions do not occur in the right way and manner. Therefore, the truth of determinism could mean that we as human beings we don’t have control of over our actions and our actions do not originate from within our abilities. This argument is commonly known as the origination argument.
Firstly, Hume’s argument on free will is based on the fact that the spirit of care guides human beings free will actions. Take an example of Allison who is taking a free action of taking his dog for a walk. Allison thinks that its right to take the dog for a walk as it needs little exercises. However, the weather is too cold, but she decides to take the dog for a walk anyway. Thus, in Hume’s arguments, the reason why we care about free will is because it seems necessary to care about free action. Therefore, in essence, there is an interdependence, free action is as a result of free will. On the other hand, causal determinism is based on the principle that every action is necessitated by the antecedent occurrences and circumstances which are coupled together with the rules of nature. Determinism is connected with science and the way we understand the world through scientific exploration and the human ventures or human actions which tend to shape our environment. Therefore, from the previous example, Hume’s argument about human action and free will are all based on a matter of necessity. That is to say; necessity shapes the direction of the human free will which at the end necessitates the free action by the human beings.
The consequence argument is built on the fact that people have no control about the past, but the future is very open based on the actions that one takes. For instance, Booth Killed Lincoln in 1865, and Lincoln was assassinated by Booth in 1865. Obama can't change the fact that Booth killed Lincoln. The fact still stands even if we take the possibility of time travel. If this is possible, Obama can influence what the past became but has no powers to change the past. He cannot alter the fact that Booth killed Lincoln.
In essence, the possibility of time travel can only have a causal impact of what the past became but cannot change the past. The past is fixed and cannot be altered. However, the case is different with the future which seems to be very open and the subseq...