Determinism is the idea that every event is obliged by precussor events and conditions together with the laws of nature. The ancients believed this idea became subject to clarification and analysis in the 18th century. Determinism is connected with our understanding of science and with our views about human freedom.
We humans do not have the ability to change the laws of natures nor the capability to changed the past. So, in what sense can we attribute our freedom of choice in our lives? We can learn from our past mistakes, apply it to our lives to make our lives better from previous experiences we have encountered. We also study history in order to learn from past mistakes. Again, if you keep giving the same thing, you keep getting the same thing.
Human libertarianism takes this idea to its extreme, proposing to make liberty the only interest that a state may properly have with respect to its citizens. Is the libertarian interest different to the existence of the state? It has serious implications for the viewpoint of law as well as for moral and political philosophy. Libertarianism is the opposite of determinism in that the liberal view is that humans are the exception to the rules when it comes to nature. We humans have free choice.
If we are essentially free, how can that freedom lead to uncertainty? Making libertarianism a general right is to prevent governments from forcing people to do things. Helping to set people free is something we may or may not wish to do. If liberty a value to be pursued, then governments and individuals could feel free to compel some people in order to promote freedom for others.
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