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Free Will
Introduction of a Wikipedia article. Complete article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will
Free will raises the
questi
whether, and in what sense, rational agents exercise control over their actions, decisions, choices. Addressing this
quest
requires understanding the relationship between freedom and cause, and
determi
whe
the
la
of nature are
causal
deterministic. The
var
philosophical positions
tak
diff
on whether all events are
de
or not —
de
ve
indeter
— and also on whether freedom can coexist with determinism or not — compatibilism versus incompatibilism. So, for instance, 'hard determinists' are incompatibilists who argue that the universe is deterministic, and that this makes free will impossible.
Liberta
are also incompatibilists. They believe that free will
ex
and strict
ca
determinism is false. Their problem is to
re
free
wi
with
ch
or indeterminism, which
threate
to make actions random. The principle of free will has religious, ethical, and
scien
implications. For example, in the religious realm, free will implies that an omnipotent divinity does not assert its power over
indiv
will and choices. In ethics, it implies that individuals can be held morally accountable for their actions. The
questi
of free will has been a
cen
issue since the beginning of philosophical thought.
