On the Conceptual Distinguish ability between Fate and Character

Abstract

Benjamin thus holds that the separation of fate and character is not theoretically possible as these concepts are interactively and dynamically related throughout a person’s life and in a dynamic rather than static relation that is reducible to a single character trait. Benjamin does not believe determining the core of one’s character by reducing one’s character to a single trait is theoretically sound, and moreover that one’s fate and one’s character exist in a dynamic and inseparable relation throughout one’s life and though Benjamin does not explicitly state this, I infer fate changes based on the choices one makes which change throughout a person’s life. For instance there are people who are at certain stages of their lives very fervent in religion and morally devout but who veer or decline in faith and make irrational or immoral choices at later stages in life, an example being David who was a man of God and very devout in all his choices till he met Bathsheba whom he could not resist sexually and succumbs to sin.
Keywords: Benjamin; Fate; Character; Determinism; Freedom