Free will Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! AdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic text=== Judaism === {{main|Free will in theology#Judaism}} [[File:Flickr - USCapitol - Maimonides (1135-1204).jpg|thumb|right|[[Bas relief]] of Maimonides in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]]] In [[Jewish thought]] the concept of "Free will" ({{Lang-he|בחירה חפשית|translit=bechirah chofshit}}; {{Lang|he|בחירה}}, {{Transliteration|he|bechirah}}) is foundational. The most succinct statement is by [[Maimonides]], in a two part treatment, where human free will is specified as part of the universe's [[Jewish principles of faith#God is the creator of the universe|Godly design]]: #Maimonides's reasoned<ref>Rambam Teshuvah 5:4</ref> that human beings must have free will (at least in the context of choosing to do good or evil), as without this, the demands of [[Nevi'im#Latter Prophets|the prophets]] would have been meaningless, there would be no need for the [[Torah]] and [[mitzvah|''Mitzvot'']] ("commandments"), and [[Jewish principles of faith#Reward and punishment|justice could not be administered]]. #At the same time, Maimonides – and other thinkers – recognizes<ref>Rambam Teshuvah 5:5</ref> the [[Free will in theology#The paradox of free will|paradox that will arise]] given (i) that Judaism simultaneously recognizes God's [[omniscience]], and further (ii) the nature of [[Divine providence in Judaism|Divine providence as understood in Judaism]]. (In fact the problem may be seen to overlap [[Jewish principles of faith#Nature of God|several others in Jewish Philosophy]].) Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page