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Free Will
Introduction of a Wikipedia article. Complete article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will
Fr
will raises the
ques
whether, and in
wh
sense, rational agents exercise
con
over their actions, decisions, choices.
Addr
this question
requir
understanding the relationship
betwe
freedom and cause, and determining whether the laws of nature are causally deterministic. The various philosophical positions
ta
differ on whether all events are
deter
or not — determinism
vers
indeterminism — and also on whether
fr
can coexist
wi
determinism or not — compatibilism versus incompatibilism. So, for instance, 'hard determinists' are incompatibilists who argue that the universe is deterministic, and that this makes
fr
will impossible. Libertarians are
al
incompatibilists.
Th
believe that
fr
will exists and strict causal determinism is false. Their problem is to
reconc
free will with
chan
or indeterminism, which
threat
to make
ac
random. The principle of free will has religious, ethical, and scientific implications. For example, in the religious realm, free
wi
implies
th
an omnipotent divinity
do
not assert its power over individual will and choices. In ethics, it implies that individuals can be held morally
acc
for
the
actions. The question of free will has
be
a
cent
issue
si
the beginning of
philosop
thought.