Title: The Problem of Free Will
Headings: The Problem of Free Will
The Problem of Free Will
Content: Most philosophers answer yes and describe themselves as compatibilists. They call libertarians "incompatibilists." Is determinism true? is another frequent question. The answer, at least in the physical world, is now well known. Determinism is not "true." The physical world contains quantum randomness - absolute chance. Chance does not mean that every event is completely undetermined and uncaused. And it does not mean that chance is the direct cause of our actions, that our actions are random in any way. Nevertheless, the typical argument of determinists and compatibilists is that if our actions had random causes we could not be morally responsible .