RE: Free will & the Conservation Laws
February 29, 2016 at 5:05 am
(This post was last modified: February 29, 2016 at 5:07 am by Alex K.)
(February 28, 2016 at 7:37 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(February 28, 2016 at 7:17 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Agreed; I don't know how some get "free will" from indeterminism.
Free will is the unfettered ability to act according to one's nature in a given circumstance.
That is one possible definition (the "compatibilist" one?) which however, imho, does not capture the moral and metaphysical ideas that are usually at stake when people talk of "free will". Free will is often thought to be some kind of magic sauce which is supposed to render our minds autonomous and independent of worldly influences.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition