▁often ▁considered ▁as ▁independent ▁of ▁caus al ▁determin ism . ▁The ▁term ▁pred et erm in ism ▁is ▁also ▁frequently ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁bi ology ▁and ▁her ed ity , ▁in ▁which ▁case ▁it ▁represents ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁bi ological ▁determin ism . ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁pred et erm in ism ▁suggests ▁not ▁just ▁a ▁determ ining ▁of ▁all ▁events , ▁but ▁the ▁prior ▁and ▁deliber ately ▁conscious ▁determ ining ▁of ▁all ▁events ▁( there fore ▁done , ▁pres umably , ▁by ▁a ▁conscious ▁being ). ▁While ▁determin ism ▁usually ▁refers ▁to ▁a ▁natural ist ically ▁explain able ▁caus ality ▁of ▁events , ▁pred et erm in ism ▁seems ▁by ▁definition ▁to ▁suggest ▁a ▁person ▁or ▁a ▁" some one " ▁who ▁is ▁cont rolling ▁or ▁planning ▁the ▁caus ality ▁of ▁events ▁before ▁they ▁occur ▁and ▁who ▁then ▁perhaps ▁res ides ▁beyond ▁the ▁natural , ▁caus al ▁universe . ▁Pred est ination ▁as ser ts ▁that ▁a ▁supre m ely ▁powerful ▁being ▁has ▁indeed ▁fixed ▁all ▁events ▁and ▁out comes ▁in ▁the ▁universe ▁in ▁advance , ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁famous ▁doctrine ▁of ▁the ▁Cal vin ists ▁in ▁Christian ▁the ology . ▁Pred est ination ▁is ▁often ▁considered ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁hard ▁the ological ▁determin ism . ▁ ▁Pred et erm in ism ▁has ▁therefore ▁been ▁compared ▁to ▁fatal ism . ▁F atal ism ▁is ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁everything ▁is ▁f ated ▁to ▁happen , ▁so ▁that ▁humans ▁have ▁no ▁control ▁over ▁their ▁future . ▁ ▁The ological ▁determin ism ▁ ▁The