What I would like from you is a beginning of your post by our deadline tonight at 10:00 pm; but considering the broad scope of the debate, I would like you to continue writing, discussing and debating up to Thursday at 10:00. I will score this one thread as two blog posts.
Read the following (surprisingly good) overviews of Determinism vs. Free Will (as well as any other research you choose): http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Historical_Introduction_to_Philosophy/Determinism_and_the_Problem_of_Free-Will and http://www.thegreatdebate.org.uk/determinismandfreewill.html
Answer the following question after reading and taking notes:
There is little doubt that humans have a perception of choice in our daily lives. We believe we make choices; that we are not mere puppets of either the gods nor the blind forces of the universe.
But do we?
Have fun and keep it respectful.
