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Free Will
Introduction of a Wikipedia article. Complete article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will
Free
wi
raises the question whether, and in what sense, rational agents exercise control
ov
their actions, decisions, choices.
Address
this question requires understanding the
rel
betw
freedom and cause, and determining whether the laws of nature are
caus
deterministic. The
vari
philosophical positions
tak
differ on
whe
all
even
are determined or not —
de
versus
inde
— and
al
on whether freedom can coexist with determinism or not — compatibilism versus incompatibilism. So, for instance, 'hard determinists' are
inco
who
arg
th
the
un
is deterministic, and that
th
makes free will impossible. Libertarians are also incompatibilists. They believe that free will exists and strict causal determinism is false. Their problem is to reconcile
fr
will with chance or indeterminism,
whi
threatens to make
actio
random. The principle of free will has religious, ethical, and
scienti
implications. For example, in the religious realm, free will implies that an
omnip
di
does not assert its power
ov
individual
wi
and choices. In ethics, it implies that individuals can be
he
mo
acco
for their actions. The
que
of free will has been a central
is
since the beginning of philosophical thought.
