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Free Will
Introduction of a Wikipedia article. Complete article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will
Free
wi
rai
the question whether, and in what sense, rational agents exercise control
ov
the
actions, decisions, choices. Addressing this question requires understanding the relationship between freedom and cause, and
determini
whether the laws of nature are causally deterministic. The various philosophical
positio
taken
dif
on whether all events are
dete
or not — determinism
ver
indeterminism — and also on whether freedom can coexist with determinism or not —
compatibi
versus incompatibilism. So, for instance, 'hard determinists' are
incompatibili
who argue that the universe is deterministic, and
th
this
ma
fr
wi
impossible.
Libertaria
are also incompatibilists. They believe that
fr
will exists and strict causal determinism is false.
Th
problem is to reconcile
fr
will with chance or indeterminism, which threatens to
ma
acti
random. The principle of free will has religious, ethical, and scientific implications. For example, in the religious realm, free
wi
implies
th
an
omn
divinity does not assert its power over individual will and choices. In ethics, it
impl
that individuals can be held morally accountable for their actions. The question of
fr
will has been a
centr
issue since the beginning of philosophical thought.