"Much like the armed individuals, nature guides us in many ways into specific behavioral patterns."
I would argue that nature is not like armed individuals. An armed individual is making a conscious decision to be armed for either intimidation or protection, both are actions of freewill. Nature is outside the control of man. If nature could be controlled in the same way, we could choose to live, die, or resurrect. This argument seems to imply that people being driven to conclusions by intentionally coercive actions are the same decisions that would be made under uncoerced actions. To wit: if someone were unaware that their environment was toxic, they would most likely continue to live in the toxicity until they die or become extremely ill. We have the freewill to make choices. You seem to be confusing freewill with coersion.