Free Will
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Fr will ra the question whether, and in what sense, rational agents exercise control ov the actions, decisions, ch Addressing this question requires understanding the relations between fre and cause, and determining whet the laws of nature are causally determinist The various phi po ta differ on whether all ev are determined or not — determinism versus indeter — and also on whe fre can coexist with determinism or not — com versus incompa So, for instance, 'hard determini are incomp who argue th the universe is deterministic, and that this makes free will impossible. Liber are also incompatibilists. They bel th free wi exists and strict causal determinism is false. Their problem is to rec free will wi chance or indeterminism, which threatens to make actio rando The principle of free wi has religious, ethical, and scientific implications. For example, in the rel rea free will impli that an omnipotent divinity does not assert its power over individual will and choices. In ethi it implies that individua can be held morally accountable for their actions. The qu of free will has been a central iss si the beginning of philoso thought.

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