We tent to believe that we are free to make our own choices thus we as a population preside a sense of free will. Free will simply states that everyone has the power to make choices and our actions and choices are emanate of our own choosing (William &Arrigo, 2011, p.46). When free will comes into place in ethics “should” implies that you can, therefore we can choose between different course of action and ask ourselves which course of action is best (William & Arrigo, 2011, p.45). On the other hand, in criminal justice we postulate that those people who violate or commit a crime choose criminally over a different lifestyle or course of action (William & Arrigo, 2011, p.45). As a result those who violated or committed a crime receive the right punishment that meets the crime committed. Both aspect of free will in ethics and criminal justice is seen in Minority Report when the husband is about to commit an assault and …show more content…
Ultimately he was seen a guilty in the eyes of the law and precrime officers arrest him even though the act of the crime was not committed.
At times however we can encounter restrain in free will within an individual, such restrains can be physiological or mental conditions that can deter us from making a free will decision (Simmons, 2017, p.215). Consequently, every event that is caused by a previous event is related to the theory of determinism (William & Arrigo, 2011, p.46). In order for an action to take place and to be construed theirs must a belief and desire for such action to occurred (Simmons, 2017, p.216). This is why Anderton ran away when the precogs saw him as the next individual to commit a crime, because