Human life is full of questions like this. Some religions, for instance, teach that all our choices are pre- ordained and controlled by fate, stars, spirits or God. Some biologists think we are completely subject to laws of nature, environment, genes, brain cells, or bodily drives.
Some psychologists blame our personal histories, upbringing and learning.
Some sociologists think are choices are determined by historical forces and membership of some class, race, nation, or peer group. Present restrictions and pressures, inherited characteristics, psychological health, environment, upbringing and community are undoubtedly important influences in the making of any free choice. But they do not exhaust who we are and why we choose what we do. The experience of free will The experience of free choice is a familiar one. We all know the situation where we cannot pursue all the things that attract us at once.