If free will was not real

[Gemini]

You doin;t reference the experts -to establish your claim- you referencied a popularizing artcile that uses the same words, that was -about- people studying something that they do not, themselves, establish or even attempt to establish as "free" in any more than the colloquial compatibilist sense.  

Fixed that for you

(And it was an article referencing data released in a peer-reviewed journal that supports my definition of human agency via functional frontal lobes).

Then maybe pointing to legalism (as you have) as an avenue for free will isn't such a good idea either? I wouldn;t make such an argument (as an argument to consequence) but obviously it resonates with you...  

That's another debate--whether the definition of autonomy I've given per contemporary jurisprudence is justified because it is ethical or merely because it is the law. I would argue it's the former. So I'm not arguing for legalism.

You -aren't- free from duress or coercion.  You are sometimes free from some kinds of duress or coercion...and that's being -incredibly- generous and not strictly factual.  It's good linguistics, agreed, but bad logic.  I'm not looking for a way to -say- we have free will...I can do that, it's trivially easy to do that...and I;m two hairs away from a chimpanzee.   I'm looking for some -actual- free will.

I am free from duress and coercion per the dictionary definition. Pedantic bitch, remember