(October 10, 2023 at 7:05 pm)ShinyCrystals Wrote: And there are people who say there is actually no such thing as free will.
If Man chooses to do something based on his upbringing, and his social environment, and his education, and a thousand other things he cannot not control, then his choice is not free. If all those factors can be shunted aside by an act of pure will, then is seen the specter of infinite regression. Man can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills.