I'd probably describe myself as a compatibilist, although I'm not super well versed in all of the philosophy behind the issue. However, it's not really a topic with which I concern myself much at all. Even if there was conclusive, irrefutable evidence that the universe operated under hard determinism, and even these words that I'm typing now had been determined by prior circumstances, I would still act and feel as if I had free will. It's just not something that really enters my hierarchy of concerns - I'm more worried about how much whiskey I have left at home than whether or not I have free will in the grand scheme of things.
That being said, I think the 'libertarian' kind of free will that's sometimes advocated by theists obviously does not exist - one cannot just 'choose' to believe something.
That being said, I think the 'libertarian' kind of free will that's sometimes advocated by theists obviously does not exist - one cannot just 'choose' to believe something.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
