It is questionable whether we are free to make our own choices or not. There is a great diversity of ideas about our freedom. However, the three main perspectives of our freedom are determinism, indeterminism and compatibilism. The belief that all of our choices are determined by forces beyond our control is called determinism. Determinists believe that every event is the result of a previous one. Even though determinists all agree that everything can be attributed to a cause, they do not necessarily all agree on the nature of that cause. Some of the most popular explanations are human nature, environment, social dynamics, and psychological forces. Human nature is described as our basic human instincts that influence the way we behave. This explanation would make free choice impossible because all our actions would flow from our nature. The environmental explanation asserts that people are shaped by their environments and experiences to shape them into the people they are. This explains that all of our behaviors are a direct result of our life experiences. Social dynamics explain that people are strongly influenced by the people around them and that our behaviors are driven by our need to conform to society's norms, as well as to please and obey others. Our psychological forces drive us to think, feel, and act in certain ways. This view explains that although we think we are free to make our choices, these are actually governed by a deep, unconscious impulse that arises from our earliest experiences and relationships. A determinist philosopher, Baron d'Holbach, declares that we are "connected" to universal nature, and subject to the necessary and immutable laws that it imposes on all beings it contains. In other words, we We are all a complex part of the universe and are subject to biological and physical laws set forth in a natural causal system. Considering this, the idea that all our behaviors are caused seems clear. The second perspective is compatibilism, where determinism and. indeterminism meet halfway Compatibilists believe that our choices can be both free and unfree. Unfree choices are those that are constrained by internal or external forces and circumstances, while our free choices are those. which are independent of these forces. Indeterminists believe that freedom of choice is a certain possibility in at least some cases. This is explained by the idea that if one is forced to make a decision, one insulates it from. any external or internal influences..