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==Origin==
Fatal. Compare French fatalisme and Italian fatalismo.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1678]
==Definitions==
*1: The [[belief]] in fatality; the [[doctrine]] that all things are determined by fate; a particular form of this [[doctrine]].
In early use not distinguished from ‘the [[doctrine]] of [[necessity]]’, i.e. the doctrine that all [[events]] take place in accordance with unvarying [[laws]] of [[causation]]. In strict etymological propriety, and in the best modern usage, it is restricted to the view which regards events as predetermined by an [[arbitrary]] [[decree]].
*2:: Acquiescence in the [[decree]] of [[fate]]; submission to [[everything]] that happens as [[inevitable]].
==Description==
'''Fatalism''' is a philosophical doctrine emphasizing the subjugation of all [[events]] or [[actions]] to fate.
Fatalism generally refers to several of the following [[ideas]]:
*1.That ''free will'' does not exist, meaning therefore that [[history]] has progressed in the only [[manner]] possible and that man has no [[power]] to [[influence]] the [[future]], or indeed, his own [[actions]]. This [[belief]] is very similar to predeterminism.
*2. That [[actions]] are [[free]], but nevertheless work toward an [[inevitable]] end. This [[belief]] is very similar to compatibilist predestination.
*3. That [[acceptance]] is appropriate, rather than [[resistance]] against [[inevitability]]. This [[belief]] is very similar to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defeatism [defeatism].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatalism]
[[Category: Philosophy]]
[[Category: Psychology]]
==Origin==
Fatal. Compare French fatalisme and Italian fatalismo.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1678]
==Definitions==
*1: The [[belief]] in fatality; the [[doctrine]] that all things are determined by fate; a particular form of this [[doctrine]].
In early use not distinguished from ‘the [[doctrine]] of [[necessity]]’, i.e. the doctrine that all [[events]] take place in accordance with unvarying [[laws]] of [[causation]]. In strict etymological propriety, and in the best modern usage, it is restricted to the view which regards events as predetermined by an [[arbitrary]] [[decree]].
*2:: Acquiescence in the [[decree]] of [[fate]]; submission to [[everything]] that happens as [[inevitable]].
==Description==
'''Fatalism''' is a philosophical doctrine emphasizing the subjugation of all [[events]] or [[actions]] to fate.
Fatalism generally refers to several of the following [[ideas]]:
*1.That ''free will'' does not exist, meaning therefore that [[history]] has progressed in the only [[manner]] possible and that man has no [[power]] to [[influence]] the [[future]], or indeed, his own [[actions]]. This [[belief]] is very similar to predeterminism.
*2. That [[actions]] are [[free]], but nevertheless work toward an [[inevitable]] end. This [[belief]] is very similar to compatibilist predestination.
*3. That [[acceptance]] is appropriate, rather than [[resistance]] against [[inevitability]]. This [[belief]] is very similar to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defeatism [defeatism].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatalism]
[[Category: Philosophy]]
[[Category: Psychology]]
