Witten in 2003, unedited The highly discussed free will debate is based on our folk psychological understanding of responsibility. It is a popular notion that a person who is operating without free will cannot be held responsible for their actions. Since morality is a corner stone of our society, adapting a philosophy such as determinism [...]

Written in 2003, unedited The Free Will debate usually gets broken down to the question, “is determinism compatible with free will?” The answer to this question would seem to definitively answer many questions about our free will. If they are compatible, determinism will be able to live happily along side free will, which would detour [...]