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Free Will
Introduction of a Wikipedia article. Complete article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will
Free will raises the
quest
whether, and in
wh
sense,
rati
agents
exer
co
over
th
actions, decisions, choices.
Add
this question requires understanding the relationship
betwe
freedom and cause, and
determi
whether the laws of nature are
ca
deterministic. The various philosophical positions
ta
differ on
wheth
all events are
deter
or not —
dete
versus indeterminism — and also on whether freedom can
co
with determinism or not — compatibilism versus incompatibilism. So, for instance, 'hard determinists' are incompatibilists who
arg
that the universe is deterministic, and
th
this makes free will impossible. Libertarians are also incompatibilists. They
bel
that free will exists and strict causal determinism is false. Their problem is to reconcile
fr
will
wi
chance or indeterminism, which threatens to make actions random. The principle of free will has religious, ethical, and
sc
implications. For example, in the religious realm, free will
im
that an omnipotent divinity does not assert its power
ov
individual will and choices. In ethics, it
imp
that individuals can be
he
mora
accountable for their actions. The
questi
of free
wi
has been a central issue since the
begin
of
phi
thought.