▁otherwise , ▁one ▁could ▁have ▁done ▁otherwise ▁without ▁physical ▁imped iment . ▁Contempor ary ▁compat ibil ists ▁instead ▁identify ▁free ▁will ▁as ▁a ▁psych ological ▁capacity , ▁such ▁as ▁to ▁direct ▁one ' s ▁behavior ▁in ▁a ▁way ▁respons ive ▁to ▁reason , ▁and ▁there ▁are ▁still ▁further ▁different ▁conception s ▁of ▁free ▁will , ▁each ▁with ▁their ▁own ▁concerns , ▁sharing ▁only ▁the ▁common ▁feature ▁of ▁not ▁finding ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁determin ism ▁a ▁threat ▁to ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁free ▁will . ▁In ▁daily ▁life , ▁humans ▁are ▁believed ▁and ▁assumed ▁to ▁have ▁free ▁will , ▁and ▁are ▁mor ally ▁responsible ▁for ▁their ▁actions . ▁ ▁Western ▁philosophy ▁▁ ▁The ▁underlying ▁questions ▁are ▁whether ▁we ▁have ▁control ▁over ▁our ▁actions , ▁and ▁if ▁so , ▁what ▁sort ▁of ▁control , ▁and ▁to ▁what ▁extent . ▁These ▁questions ▁pre date ▁the ▁early ▁Greek ▁sto ics ▁( for ▁example , ▁Ch ry si pp us ), ▁and ▁some ▁modern ▁philosoph ers ▁l ament ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁progress ▁over ▁all ▁these ▁centuries . ▁ ▁On ▁one ▁hand , ▁humans ▁have ▁a ▁strong ▁sense ▁of ▁freedom , ▁which ▁leads ▁us ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁we ▁have ▁free ▁will . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁an ▁intuit ive ▁feeling ▁of ▁free ▁will ▁could ▁be ▁mistaken . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁recon cile ▁the ▁intuit ive ▁evidence ▁that ▁conscious ▁dec isions ▁are ▁caus ally ▁effective ▁with ▁the ▁view ▁that ▁the ▁physical ▁world ▁can ▁be ▁explained ▁entirely ▁by ▁physical ▁law . ▁The ▁conflict ▁between ▁intuit ively ▁felt ▁freedom ▁and